TITLE: Relating to the movement of certain vehicles transporting an intermodal shipping container on a road or bridge for which a maximum weight or load has been established by a municipality.

SUMMARY: Relating to the movement of certain vehicles transporting an intermodal shipping container on a road or bridge for which a maximum weight or load has been established by a municipality.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the movement of certain vehicles transporting an intermodal shipping container on a road or bridge for which a maximum weight or load has been established by a municipality. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 623.405(a), Transportation Code, as added by Chapter 108 (S.B. 1524), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows: (a) A permit issued under this subchapter does not authorize the operation of a truck-tractor and semitrailer combination on: (1) the national system of interstate and defense highways; or (2) load-restricted roads or bridges, including a road or bridge for which a maximum weight and load limit has been established and posted by the Texas Department of Transportation under Section 621.102,the governing body of a municipality under Section 621.303, or the commissioners court of a county under Section 621.301. SECTION 2. Section 621.303(b), Transportation Code, is repealed. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.