Bill Text: TX HB3484 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to weight limitations for hydrogen fueled motor vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-09 - Referred to Transportation [HB3484 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3484-Engrossed.html
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| By: Harris of Williamson | H.B. No. 3484 | |
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| relating to weight limitations for hydrogen fueled motor vehicles. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 621.101(b-1), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, | ||
| a vehicle or combination of vehicles that is powered by an engine | ||
| fueled primarily by natural gas or hydrogen may exceed any weight | ||
| limitation under this section by an amount that is equal to the | ||
| difference between the weight of the vehicle attributable to the | ||
| natural gas or hydrogen tank and fueling system carried by that | ||
| vehicle and the weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling | ||
| system, provided that the maximum gross weight of the vehicle or | ||
| combination of vehicles may not exceed 82,000 pounds. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this | ||
| section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| (b) This Act takes effect only if the United States Congress | ||
| enacts legislation or a federal agency adopts a regulation that | ||
| becomes law authorizing a vehicle that is powered by an engine | ||
| fueled primarily by hydrogen to be operated on a federal interstate | ||
| or highway at a weight that exceeds a weight limitation established | ||
| by federal law. If the United States Congress or a federal agency | ||
| does not enact legislation or adopt a regulation that becomes law | ||
| described by this subsection, this Act has no effect. | ||
