Motor Carrier Notices and Rules

TxDOT publishes administrative rules for oversize/overweight loads as the rules go through the proposal and adoption process. After they have been approved, the proposed and the adopted versions will be removed from this page. To read current rules, visit the Texas Register.

TxDOT also publishes important notices of changes to rules and/or requirements.

Oversize/Overweight Carrier Important Notices

Notice Title Effective
Route Inspection Requirement for House Movers 06/01/09
Notice for Companies Moving Oil Rigs and Large Tanks 12/08/08
Annual Envelope Vehicle Specific and Annual Envelope Company Specific Permits 06/01/08
Increase in Permit Fees 09/01/07
Oversize/Overweight Permit Process Improvements 03/17/08
Over-Axle and Over-Gross Weight Tolerance Permit Process Improvement 05/01/08
Motor Carriers - Exception for Movement of Pre-stressed Concrete Girders/Beams 09/01/07
REVISED - UCR Requirements for Motor Carriers 01/23/07
REVISED - UCR Requirements for Motor Carriers (Spanish) 01/23/07
Route Inspection Permit Customers 02/01/05

Oversize and Overweight Vehicles and Loads Rules

 
Publication Date Oversize and Overweight Vehicles and Loads PDF
05/09/08 Adopted rules concerning 43 TAC §28.2, Definitions, §28.11, General Oversize/Overweight Permit Requirements and Procedures, §28.12, Single-Trip Permits Issued Under Transportation Code, Chapter 623, Subchapter D, §28.13, Time Permits, §28.14, Manufactured Housing, and Industrialized Housing and Building Permits, §28.15, Portable Building Unit Permits, §28.16, Permits for Military and Governmental Agencies, §28.30, Permits for Over Axle and Over Gross Weight Tolerances, §28.64, Annual Permits, §28.91, Responsibilities, §28.92, Permit Issuance Requirements and Procedures, §28.101, Responsibilities, and §28.102 Permit Issuance Requirements and Procedures; and new §28.110, Purpose, §28.111, Applicability, §28.112, Falsification of Information on Application and Permit, §28.113, Shipper Certificate of Weight, §28.114, Compliance with Remote Permit System, §28.115, Permits Issued by Another State, §28.116, Permit Compliance, §28.200, Purpose, §28.201, Investigations and Inspections of Records, §28.202, Records, §28.300, Purpose, §28.301, Administrative Penalties, §28.302, Administrative Sanctions, §28.303, Implications for Nonpayment of Penalties; Grounds for Action, §28.304, Administrative Proceedings,§28.305, Settlement Agreements, and §28.306, Administrative Penalty for False Information on Certificate by a Shipper all concerning oversize and overweight vehicles and loads. Adobe Acrobat icon

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