Bill Text: TX HB1321 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1321 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1321-Introduced.html

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84R4774 JRR-D
By: Bonnen of Brazoria H.B. No. 1321

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to route designation for the issuance of a permit for the
movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 623.219(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) For a permit issued by a port authority located in a
county that is adjacent to at least two counties with a population
of 550,000 or more, the commission shall, with the consent of the
port authority, designate the most direct route from:
(1) the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 523 and
Moller Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using Farm-to-Market
Roads 523 and 1495;
(2) the intersection of State Highway 288 and Chlorine
Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using State Highway 288; [and]
(3) the intersection of State Highway 288 and Chlorine
Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using State Highways 288 and
332 and Farm-to-Market Roads 523 and 1495;
(4) the intersection of North Velasco Boulevard and
South Avenue J in the city of Freeport to the entrance of Port
Freeport using North Velasco Boulevard and Farm-to-Market Road
1495; and
(5) 21441 Loop 419 in the city of Sweeny to the
entrance of Port Freeport using Loop 419, State Highways 35 and 36,
and Farm-to-Market Road 1495.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.