Tex. Transp. Code § 623.142 · Subchapter G. OIL WELL SERVICING AND DRILLING MACHINERY
PERMIT TO MOVE OIL WELL SERVICING OR DRILLING MACHINERY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department may, on application, issue a permit for the movement over a road or highway under the jurisdiction of the Texas Department of Transportation of a vehicle that:
(1) is a piece of fixed-load mobile machinery or equipment used to service, clean out, or drill an oil well; and
(2) cannot comply with the restrictions set out in Subchapter C of Chapter 621 and Section 621.101.
(b) The department may not issue a permit under this section unless the vehicle may be moved without material damage to the highway or serious inconvenience to highway traffic.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 1420), Sec. 85, eff. September 1, 2011.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.623.htm
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Transp. Code § 623.142. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 502.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 623.142
- Tex. Transp. Code § 502.146CERTAIN FARM VEHICLES AND DRILLING AND CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT.Printed as Section 623.142
- Tex. Transp. Code § 621.102AUTHORITY TO SET MAXIMUM WEIGHTS.Printed as Section 623.011, 623.071, 623.094, 623.121, 623.142, 623.181, 623.192, 623.212, or 623.321
- Tex. Transp. Code § 621.301COUNTY'S AUTHORITY TO SET MAXIMUM WEIGHTS.Printed as Section 623.011, 623.071, 623.094, 623.121, 623.142, 623.181, 623.192, 623.212, or 623.321
- Tex. Transp. Code § 623.003ROUTE DETERMINATION.Printed as Section 623.071, 623.121, 623.142, 623.192, 623.402, or 623.421
- Tex. Transp. Code § 623.143DESIGNATED ROUTE IN MUNICIPALITY.Printed as Section 623.142
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