Sec. 623.081. PERMIT ISSUED BY TELEPHONE. (a) The department shall provide for issuing a permit by telephone for the operation of an overweight or oversize motor vehicle over a state highway.
(b) The department shall issue a permit under this section for a period and at the rate provided by Section 623.076(a).
(c) An applicant for a permit under this section must provide by telephone to the department:
(1) the information required for a permit issued under Section 623.071(a) or (b), other than the applicant's signature; and
(2) the account number of a credit card approved by the department.
(d) On granting a permit under this section, the agent shall:
(1) issue to the applicant an approval number; and
(2) provide to the applicant the agent's name, designation, and office address.
(e) After receiving an approval number, the applicant shall prepare, on a form provided by the department, a permit with the information provided to the agent under Subsection (c) and the information received under Subsection (d).
(f) The applicant shall keep the permit in the vehicle for which the permit was issued until the day after the date the permit expires.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 515, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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