{"id":773,"date":"2017-05-22T18:12:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T18:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/2017\/05\/22\/lege-trend-big-trucks-bigger-loads-5-key-points-from-the-agreed-to-bill\/"},"modified":"2017-05-22T18:12:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T18:12:00","slug":"lege-trend-big-trucks-bigger-loads-5-key-points-from-the-agreed-to-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/lege-trend-big-trucks-bigger-loads-5-key-points-from-the-agreed-to-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Lege Trend. Big Trucks. Bigger Loads. 5 Key Points from the Agreed to Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.state.tx.us\/BillLookup\/history.aspx?LegSess=85R&amp;Bill=SB1524\">SB 1524<\/a>\u00a0creates this 5 point regulatory scheme:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$6,000 annual fee for permits allowing heavier truck weights for containerized imports and exports,\u00a0limited to\u00a0designated corridors within 30 miles of a port<\/li>\n<li>50%\u00a0of the revenue \u00a0goes to the state highway funds<\/li>\n<li>30% to counties with the routes<\/li>\n<li>16% to municipalities<\/li>\n<li>4%\u00a0to the Texas Department of Transportation for administration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>informed:intel April 25, 2017:<\/p>\n<p>SB 1524 allows for heavier loads on big trucks when:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$5000 annual permit is purchased<\/li>\n<li>traveling on a dwsignated corridor<\/li>\n<li>within 30 miles of a port of entry\/border<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Supporters say:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>anticipated 500,000 TEU increase in annual containerized exports of plastic resin<\/li>\n<li>$100 Billion in new or expanded plant capacity along Texas coast<\/li>\n<li>the rise in plastic resin is due to cheap natural gas feedstock<\/li>\n<li>American Chemistry COuncil warned that without allowing for larger loads would harm the economic advantages\u00a0of the Gulf Coast<\/li>\n<li>Other states on the gulf provide for the same 100,000 load limit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.state.tx.us\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&amp;Bill=SB1524\">SB 1524 | Texas | 2017\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joc.com\/breakbulk\/texas-moves-raise-truck-weight-limits-resins-other-cargo_20170424.html\">JOC |\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joc.com\/\" style=\"color:rgb(102,0,153);text-decoration:none;\">Container shipping and trade news and analysis<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joc.com\/breakbulk\/texas-moves-raise-truck-weight-limits-resins-other-cargo_20170424.html\">|\u00a0Texas moves to raise truck weight limits for resins, other cargo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.state.tx.us\/BillLookup\/history.aspx?LegSess=85R&amp;Bill=SB1524\">SB 1524<\/a>\u00a0creates this 5 point regulatory scheme:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$6,000 annual fee for permits allowing heavier truck weights for containerized imports and exports,\u00a0limited to\u00a0designated corridors within 30 miles of a port<\/li>\n<li>50%\u00a0of the revenue \u00a0goes to the state highway funds<\/li>\n<li>30% to counties with the routes<\/li>\n<li>16% to municipalities<\/li>\n<li>4%\u00a0to the Texas Department of Transportation for administration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>informed:intel April 25, 2017:<\/p>\n<p>SB 1524 allows for heavier loads on big trucks when:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$5000 annual permit is\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,10,30,23,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2017-legislation","category-legislative-trend","category-local-government","category-ports","category-roads","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}