43 Tex. Admin. Code § 219.10 - Purpose and Scope

(a) In accordance with Transportation Code, Chapters 621, 622, and 623, the department may issue permits for the operation of oversize and/or overweight vehicles for:

(1) the transportation of a nondivisible load or vehicle when the size or gross weight exceeds the limits allowed by law;

(2) the transportation of oversize portable building units and portable building compatible cargo;

(3) the movement of oversize manufactured housing and industrialized buildings;

(4) the movement of cylindrically shaped bales of hay; and

(5) the movement of water well drilling machinery and equipment.

(b) The issuance of a permit for an oversize and/or overweight unit is not a guarantee by the department that the highways can safely accommodate such movement. The transporter of a unit is responsible for any damage caused to the state highway system or any of its structures or appurtenances by movement of the unit, whether or not the unit is permitted.

(c) The following sections in this subchapter set forth the requirements and procedures applicable to those permits.

Notes

43 Tex. Admin. Code § 219.10

The provisions of this §219.10 adopted to be effective October 13, 1994, 19 TexReg 7810; amended to be effective December 26, 1995, 20 TexReg 10656; amended to be effective January 8, 1998, 23 TexReg 155; amended to be effective February 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 1221; transferred effective January 1, 2012, as published in the Texas Register January 27, 2012, 37 TexReg 359; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 50, December 11, 2015, TexReg 8902, eff. 12/14/2015