Texas Transportation Code 623.052 – Contract Allowing Overweight Vehicle With Commodities or Products to Cross Highway; Surety Bond
(a) A person may operate a vehicle that exceeds the overall gross weight limits provided by § 621.101 to cross the width of a highway from private property to other private property if:
(1) the vehicle is transporting grain, sand, or another commodity or product and the vehicle’s overall gross weight is not heavier than 110,000 pounds; or
(2) the vehicle is an unlicensed vehicle that is transporting sand, gravel, stones, rock, caliche, or a similar commodity.
(b) Before a person may operate a vehicle under this section, the person must:
(1) contract with the Texas Department of Transportation to indemnify the Texas Department of Transportation for the cost of the maintenance and repair for damage caused by a vehicle crossing that part of the highway; and
(2) execute an adequate surety bond to compensate for the cost of maintenance and repair, approved by the comptroller and the attorney general, with a corporate surety authorized to do business in this state, conditioned on the person fulfilling each obligation of the agreement.
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 623.052
- Comptroller: means the state comptroller of public accounts. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005