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