Bill Text: TX HB2085 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the administration and oversight of overweight corridors; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-06 - Referred to Transportation [HB2085 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2085-Engrossed.html
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| By: Muñoz, Jr. | H.B. No. 2085 | |
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| relating to the administration and oversight of overweight | ||
| corridors; authorizing a fee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 623, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 623.004 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 623.004. ADMINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT OF OVERWEIGHT | ||
| CORRIDORS. (a) In this section, "overweight corridor" means a | ||
| designated section of a state highway for which an optional | ||
| procedure is authorized under this chapter for the issuance of | ||
| permits: | ||
| (1) by entities other than the Texas Department of | ||
| Transportation or the department; and | ||
| (2) for the movement of oversize or overweight | ||
| vehicles. | ||
| (b) The Texas Department of Transportation shall, after | ||
| receiving input from local officials: | ||
| (1) set minimum requirements for determining the | ||
| feasibility, viability, and economic impact of additional | ||
| overweight corridors that take into consideration traffic volume, | ||
| safety concerns, ability to recover costs, and the role of | ||
| overweight corridors within a statewide plan for freight mobility; | ||
| (2) use the requirements set under Subdivision (1) to | ||
| periodically develop recommendations for additional overweight | ||
| corridors that would benefit the state; | ||
| (3) include any recommendations developed under | ||
| Subdivision (2) in the plan described by Section 201.6011; and | ||
| (4) create a pavement management plan for each | ||
| operational overweight corridor. | ||
| (c) The Texas Department of Transportation, in consultation | ||
| with interested parties, shall: | ||
| (1) establish performance measures for each | ||
| operational overweight corridor; and | ||
| (2) include in the plan described by Section 201.6011 | ||
| the results of an evaluation using the performance measures | ||
| disaggregated by overweight corridor. | ||
| (d) An entity issuing overweight corridor permits under | ||
| this chapter shall: | ||
| (1) report information necessary for an evaluation | ||
| using performance measures established under Subsection (c) to the | ||
| Texas Department of Transportation; and | ||
| (2) in setting a fee for the permit, consider the | ||
| pavement management plan created under Subsection (b)(4) for the | ||
| overweight corridor. | ||
| (e) The department may: | ||
| (1) issue overweight corridor permits on behalf of an | ||
| entity authorized to issue the permits under this chapter; and | ||
| (2) establish and charge a fee for issuing a permit | ||
| under Subdivision (1) in an amount sufficient to recover the actual | ||
| cost of issuance. | ||
| (f) A fee collected under Subsection (e)(2) shall be sent to | ||
| the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the Texas Department of | ||
| Motor Vehicles fund and may be appropriated only to the department | ||
| for the administration of this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
