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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to size and weight limitations for certain vehicles |
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transporting agricultural products and equipment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 622.101, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 622.101. VEHICLE TRANSPORTING CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL |
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PRODUCTS OR PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH COTTON OR CHILE |
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PEPPER MODULES. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 622, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 622.102 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 622.102. VEHICLES TRANSPORTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS |
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DURING HARVEST SEASON. (a) This section applies only to a vehicle |
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or a combination of vehicles being used to transport agricultural |
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products that are in their natural state and are being transported |
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not more than 100 miles from the place of production to the place of |
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first marketing or first processing. |
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(b) A vehicle or combination of vehicles to which this |
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section applies may be operated at a weight that exceeds the weight |
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limitations of Section 621.101 by not more than 15 percent if the |
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vehicle or combination of vehicles is operated during the harvest |
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season for the products being transported. |
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(c) The department, in coordination with the Department of |
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Agriculture, by rule shall determine the harvest season of each |
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agricultural product authorized to be transported under this |
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section. |
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(d) This section does not authorize the operation on the |
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national system of interstate and defense highways in this state of |
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a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight greater |
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than those permitted under 23 U.S.C. Section 127. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |