H.B. No. 1969

	AN ACT
	relating to the issuance of certain permits for the movement of
	oversize or overweight vehicles on certain highways.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 623.322(a), Transportation Code, as
	added by Chapter 635 (H.B. 474), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
	Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The commission may authorize a regional mobility
	authority to issue permits for the movement of oversize or
	overweight vehicles carrying cargo in Hidalgo County on:
	(1)  the following roads:
	(A)  U.S. Highway 281 between its intersection
	with the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and its intersection
	with State Highway 336;
	(B)  State Highway 336 between its intersection
	with U.S. Highway 281 and its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road
	1016;
	(C)  Farm-to-Market Road 1016 between its
	intersection with State Highway 336 and its intersection with
	Trinity Road;
	(D)  Trinity Road between its intersection with
	Farm-to-Market Road 1016 and its intersection with Farm-to-Market
	Road 396;
	(E)  Farm-to-Market Road 396 between its
	intersection with Trinity Road and its intersection with the
	Anzalduas International Bridge;
	(F)  Farm-to-Market Road 2061 between its
	intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 3072 and its intersection
	with U.S. Highway 281;
	(G)  U.S. Highway 281 between its intersection
	with the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and its intersection
	with Spur 29;
	(H)  Spur 29 between its intersection with U.S.
	Highway 281 and its intersection with Doffin Canal Road; [and]
	(I)  Doffin Canal Road between its intersection
	with the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and its intersection
	with Spur 29; [or]
	(J)  Farm-to-Market Road 1015 between its
	intersection with U.S. Highway 281 and its intersection with U.S.
	Highway 83 Business;
	(K)  U.S. Highway 83 Business between its
	intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1015 and its intersection
	with South Pleasantview Drive;
	(L)  Farm-to-Market Road 1015 between its
	intersection with U.S. Highway 83 Business and its intersection
	with Mile 9 Road North; and
	(M)  Mile 9 Road North between its intersection
	with Farm-to-Market Road 1015 and its intersection with Joe
	Stephens Avenue; or
	(2)  another route designated by the commission in
	consultation with the authority.
	SECTION 2.  (a) This section takes effect only if the Act of
	the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, relating to
	nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes
	becomes law.
	(b)  Subchapter S, Chapter 623, Transportation Code, is
	amended by adding Section 623.370 to read as follows:
	Sec. 623.370.  BOND. (a) The authority shall file with the
	Texas Department of Transportation a bond in an amount set by the
	Texas Department of Transportation under Subsection (b), payable to
	the Texas Department of Transportation, and conditioned that the
	authority will pay to the Texas Department of Transportation the
	amount by which the annual cost to repair any damage to roads and
	highways subject to this subchapter from the movement of oversize
	and overweight vehicles for which permits are issued under this
	subchapter exceeds the annual amount paid to the Texas Department
	of Transportation under Section 623.364(b).
	(b)  The Texas Department of Transportation shall set the
	amount of the bond required under Subsection (a) in an amount equal
	to the estimated annual cost to repair any damage to roads and
	highways subject to this subchapter from the movement of oversize
	and overweight vehicles for which permits are issued under this
	subchapter.
	SECTION 3.  (a) This section takes effect only if the Act of
	the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, relating to
	nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes does
	not become law.
	(b)  Subchapter Q, Chapter 623, Transportation Code, as
	added by Chapter 635 (H.B. 474), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
	Regular Session, 2013, is amended by adding Section 623.329 to read
	as follows:
	Sec. 623.329.  BOND. (a) The authority shall file with the
	Texas Department of Transportation a bond in an amount set by the
	Texas Department of Transportation under Subsection (b), payable to
	the Texas Department of Transportation, and conditioned that the
	authority will pay to the Texas Department of Transportation the
	amount by which the annual cost to repair any damage to roads and
	highways subject to this subchapter from the movement of oversize
	and overweight vehicles for which permits are issued under this
	subchapter exceeds the annual amount paid to the Texas Department
	of Transportation under Section 623.323(b).
	(b)  The Texas Department of Transportation shall set the
	amount of the bond required under Subsection (a) in an amount equal
	to the estimated annual cost to repair any damage to roads and
	highways subject to this subchapter from the movement of oversize
	and overweight vehicles for which permits are issued under this
	subchapter.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1969 was passed by the House on May 5,
	2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 1969 on May 29, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 1,
	2 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1969 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
	0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor