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2013 Texas Legislature - After a Long Fight, Legislature Votes to Improve Highway Safety

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  • Texas
  • heavy trucks
  • Louis Guthrie
  • Allen Fletcher
  • James White
  • Larry Phillips
  • Tommy Williams
  • George Lavender
  • Robert Nichols
  • HB 2741
  • Road Safety
  • This weekend the Texas Legislature approved HB 2741, a vehicle licensing bill that included a provision to increase penalties on trucks that are hauling overweight loads on our roadways. The House voted 135-9 to approve this measure after differences between House and Senate versions of the bill were ironed out in a conference committee. The Senate approved the measure as well, but the recorded vote is not available as of this publication. All that is missing now for our roadways to become a little bit safer is for Governor Rick Perry to apply his signature.   Read more »


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