89R8959 JRR-D
By: Canales H.B. No. 2455
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the maximum weight of a vehicle or combination of
vehicles operating at a port of entry or on certain roads associated
with or near a port of entry.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 621.101(a) and (c), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles may not be operated
over or on a public highway [or at a port-of-entry between Texas and
the United Mexican States] if the vehicle or combination has:
(1) a single axle weight heavier than 20,000 pounds,
including all enforcement tolerances;
(2) a tandem axle weight heavier than 34,000 pounds,
including all enforcement tolerances;
(3) an overall gross weight on a group of two or more
consecutive axles heavier than the weight computed using the
following formula and rounding the result to the nearest 500
pounds:
W = 500((LN/(N - 1)) + 12N + 36)
where:
"W" is maximum overall gross weight on the group;
"L" is distance in feet between the axles of the group that
are the farthest apart; and
"N" is number of axles in the group; or
(4) tires that carry a weight heavier than the weight
specified and marked on the sidewall of the tire, unless the vehicle
is being operated under the terms of a special permit.
(c) This section does not:
(1) authorize size or weight limits on the national
system of interstate and defense highways in this state greater
than those permitted under 23 U.S.C. Section 127, as amended;
(2) prohibit the operation of a vehicle or combination
of vehicles that could be lawfully operated on a highway or road of
this state on December 16, 1974; or
(3) apply to a vehicle or combination of vehicles that
operates exclusively:
(A) [at a private port of entry;
[(B)] on private roads associated with a [the]
port of entry; and
(B) [(C)] across a public highway between
private roads associated with a [the] port of entry under a contract
under Section 623.052.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.