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2025 Texas Statutes
Transportation Code
Title 7 - Vehicles and Traffic
Subtitle E - Vehicle Size and Weight
Chapter 623 - Permits for Oversize or Overweight Vehicles
Subchapter U. Intermodal Shipping Containers
Section 623.401. Definition
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TX Transp Code § 623.401 (2025)
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Sec. 623.401. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "intermodal shipping container" means an enclosed, standardized, reusable container that:
(1) is used to pack, ship, move, or transport cargo;
(2) is designed to be carried on a semitrailer and loaded onto or unloaded from:
(A) a ship or vessel for international transportation; or
(B) a rail system for international transportation; and
(3) when combined with vehicles transporting the container, has a gross weight or axle weight that exceeds the limits allowed by law to be transported over a state highway or county or municipal road.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 108 (S.B. 1524), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2018.
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