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Texas Transportation Code - Section 621.301. County's Authority To Set Maximum Weights

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§ 621.301. COUNTY'S AUTHORITY TO SET MAXIMUM 
WEIGHTS.  (a) The commissioners court of a county may establish 
load limits for any county road or bridge only with the concurrence 
of the department.  A load limit shall be deemed concurred with by 
the department 30 days after the county submits to the department 
the load limit accompanied by supporting documentation and 
calculations reviewed and sealed by an engineer licensed in this 
state, though the department may review the load limit and withdraw 
concurrence at any time after the 30-day period.
	(b)  The commissioners court may limit the maximum weights to 
be moved on or over a county road, bridge, or culvert by exercising 
its authority under this subsection in the same manner and under the 
same conditions provided by Section 621.102 for the commission to 
limit maximum weights on highways and roads to which that section 
applies.
	(c)  The commissioners court shall record an action under 
Subsection (b) in its minutes.
	(d)  A maximum weight set under this section becomes 
effective on a road when appropriate signs giving notice of the 
maximum weight are erected on the road under order of the 
commissioners court.
	(e)  A vehicle operating under a permit issued under Section 
623.011, 623.071, 623.094, 623.121, 623.142, 623.181, 623.192, or 
623.212 may operate under the conditions authorized by the permit 
over a road for which the commissioners court has set a maximum 
weight under this section.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended 
by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 941, § 19, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  Acts 
2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1227, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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