Texas 2025 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2455 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 04/15/2025

                    89R20798 JRR-D
 By: Canales H.B. No. 2455
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2455:
 By:  Little C.S.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 certain ports of entry.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 621.101(c), Transportation Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (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 the port of
 entry; and
 (C)  across a public highway between private roads
 associated with the port of entry under a contract under Section
 623.052; or
 (4)  apply to a vehicle or combination of vehicles that
 is authorized to operate under a permit issued under Section
 623.363 while the vehicle or combination is operating at a port of
 entry that is located in a municipality with a population of 75,000
 or more.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 Act takes effect September 1, 2025.