89R12549 JRR-F
By: Martinez H.B. No. 4154
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operation of oversize and overweight vehicles
transporting precast concrete products.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 622, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter L to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER L. VEHICLES TRANSPORTING PRECAST CONCRETE PRODUCTS
Sec. 622.171. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN PERMITS. (a) In this
section:
(1) "Nondivisible load" means a load that cannot
reasonably be dismantled.
(2) "Precast concrete product" means concrete
engineered and cast into a specified shape in a precast concrete
manufacturing facility for the purpose of transporting to a job
site to be erected or placed into a final structure.
(b) A single motor vehicle transporting precast concrete
products may obtain in conjunction with each other:
(1) a permit issued under Section 623.011; and
(2) a permit issued under this subtitle authorizing
the vehicle to operate at a width that does not exceed 12 feet, a
length that does not exceed 110 feet, or both.
(c) A single motor vehicle transporting more than one
precast concrete product is considered a nondivisible load for
purposes of a permit described by Subsection (b)(2).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.