Bill Text: TX HB3510 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the intermodal shipping container permit in North Texas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-06 - Referred to Transportation [HB3510 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3510-Engrossed.html

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86R21972 TSS-F
By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 3510

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the intermodal shipping container permit in North
Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 623.0172(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The department shall issue an annual permit for the
international transportation of an intermodal shipping container
moving by a truck-tractor and semitrailer combination that has six
total axles and is equipped with a roll stability support safety
system and truck blind spot systems only if:
(1) the gross weight of the combination does not
exceed 95,000 [93,000] pounds;
(2) the distance between the front axle of the
truck-tractor and the last axle of the semitrailer, measured
longitudinally, is approximately 647 inches;
(3) the truck-tractor is configured as follows:
(A) one single axle that does not exceed 13,000
pounds;
(B) one two-axle group that does not exceed
37,000 pounds, in which no axle in the group exceeds 18,500 pounds;
and
(C) the distance between the individual axles on
the two-axle group of the truck-tractor, measured longitudinally,
is not less than 51 inches and not more than 52 inches; and
(4) the semitrailer is configured as follows:
(A) one three-axle group that does not exceed
49,195 pounds, in which no axle in the group exceeds 16,400 pounds;
and
(B) the distance between the individual axles in
the three-axle group of the semitrailer, measured longitudinally,
is 60 inches.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.