Tex. Transp. Code § 623.421 · Subchapter V. VEHICLES TRANSPORTING FLUID MILK
PERMIT FOR VEHICLES TRANSPORTING FLUID MILK.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department may issue a permit authorizing the movement of fluid milk 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:
(1) at a gross weight that is not heavier than 90,000 pounds; and
(2) with axle weights that comply with the requirements of Section 621.101(a), except as authorized by Subsection (b).
(b) A vehicle combination operating under a permit issued under Subsection (a) may exceed the axle weights listed in Section 621.101(a) for the following axle groups if the overall distance between the first axle of the truck-tractor and the first axle of the first consecutive set of tandem axles is 15 feet or more, the overall distance between the first and last axles of two consecutive sets of tandem axles is 36 feet or more, the distance between each individual axle in each axle group, measured from the center of the axle, is between 48 inches and 54 inches, and:
(1) a two-axle group does not exceed 36,500 pounds; and
(2) a three-axle group does not exceed 42,500 pounds.
(c) To qualify for a permit under this subchapter, a permit fee of $1,200 must be paid.
(d) A permit issued under this subchapter:
(1) is valid for one year; and
(2) must be carried in the truck-tractor for which it is issued.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 750 (S.B. 1383), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2018.
Redesignated from Transportation Code, Section 623.401 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 21.001(68), eff. September 1, 2019.
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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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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 621.508AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE FOR OPERATING VEHICLE OVER MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE WEIGHT.Printed as Section 623.421(b)
- 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 § 623.425CERTAIN COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL ACTIONS PROHIBITED.Printed as Section 623.421(a)
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