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Texas Transportation Code - Section 621.003. Reciprocal Agreement With Another State For Issuance Of Permits

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§ 621.003. RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER STATE FOR 
ISSUANCE OF PERMITS.  (a) The commission by rule may authorize the 
director to enter into with the proper authority of another state an 
agreement that authorizes:
		(1)  the authority of the other state to issue on behalf 
of the department to the owner or operator of a vehicle, or 
combination of vehicles, that exceeds the weight or size limits 
allowed by this state a permit that authorizes the operation or 
transportation on a highway in this state of the vehicle or 
combination of vehicles;  and
		(2)  the department to issue on behalf of the authority 
of the other state to the owner or operator of a vehicle, or 
combination of vehicles, that exceeds the weight or size limits 
allowed by that state a permit that authorizes the operation or 
transportation on a highway of that state of the vehicle or 
combination of vehicles.
	(b)  A permit issued by the authority of another state under 
an agreement entered into under this section has the same validity 
in this state as a permit issued by the department.
	(c)  The holder of a permit issued by the authority of 
another state under an agreement entered into under this section is 
subject to all applicable laws of this state and rules of the 
department.
	(d)  The department may contract with a third party to act as 
the department's agent in the processing of a permit application 
and the distribution of a permit issued by the department under this 
section.
	(e)  An agreement entered into under this section may provide 
for a third party to act as the agent of each state in the processing 
of a permit application and the distribution of a permit issued by a 
state under this section.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 
1997, 75th Leg., ch. 515, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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