Bill Text: TX HB1321 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
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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-Engrossed.html
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-Engrossed.html
| By: Bonnen of Brazoria | H.B. No. 1321 | |
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| 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. Sections 623.219(a) and (b), Transportation | ||
| Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) For a permit issued by a port authority located in a | ||
| county that borders the United Mexican States, the commission | ||
| shall, with the consent of the port authority, designate the most | ||
| direct route from: | ||
| (1) the Gateway International Bridge or the Veterans | ||
| International Bridge at Los Tomates to the entrance of the Port of | ||
| Brownsville using State Highways 48 and 4 or United States Highways | ||
| 77 and 83 or using United States Highway 77 and United States | ||
| Highway 83, East Loop Corridor, and State Highway 4; and | ||
| (2) the Free Trade International Bridge to: | ||
| (A) the entrance of the Port of Brownsville using | ||
| Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highways 77 and 83, | ||
| Farm-to-Market Road 511, State Highway 550, and East Loop (State | ||
| Highway 32); | ||
| (B) the eastern entrance of the Port of Harlingen | ||
| using Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highway 77 Business, | ||
| and Farm-to-Market Road 1846; | ||
| (C) the western entrance of the Port of Harlingen | ||
| using Farm-to-Market Roads 509 and 106; | ||
| (D) the southern entrance of the Harlingen | ||
| Industrial Park using Farm-to-Market Road 509; and | ||
| (E) the southern entrance of the Harlingen | ||
| Aerotropolis at Valley International Airport using Farm-to-Market | ||
| Road 509. | ||
| (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; [ |
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| (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. | ||
