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1	1	By: Bonnen (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 1305
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011;
3	3	April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
4	4	Transportation and Homeland Security; May 17, 2011, reported
5	5	favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 17, 2011,
6	6	sent to printer.)
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8	8
9	9	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	10	AN ACT
11	11	relating to the issuance of oversize or overweight vehicle permits
12	12	by certain port authorities.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. Section 623.210, Transportation Code, is amended
15	15	to read as follows:
16	16	Sec. 623.210. OPTIONAL PROCEDURE. This subchapter provides
17	17	an optional procedure for the issuance of a permit for the movement
18	18	of oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo on state highways
19	19	located in counties contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or
20	20	inlet opening into the gulf and:
21	21	(1) adjacent to at least two counties with a
22	22	population of 550,000 or more; or
23	23	(2) bordering the United Mexican States.
24	24	SECTION 2. Section 623.211, Transportation Code, is amended
25	25	to read as follows:
26	26	Sec. 623.211. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "port
27	27	authority" means a port authority or navigation district created or
28	28	operating under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article
29	29	XVI, Texas Constitution.
30	30	SECTION 3. Section 623.212, Transportation Code, is amended
31	31	to read as follows:
32	32	Sec. 623.212. PERMITS BY PORT AUTHORITY. The department
33	33	may authorize a port authority to issue permits for the movement of
34	34	oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo on state highways
35	35	located in counties contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or
36	36	inlet opening into the gulf and:
37	37	(1) adjacent to at least two counties with a
38	38	population of 550,000 or more; or
39	39	(2) bordering the United Mexican States.
40	40	SECTION 4. Section 623.219, Transportation Code, is amended
41	41	to read as follows:
42	42	Sec. 623.219. ROUTE DESIGNATION. (a) For a permit issued
43	43	by a port authority located in a county that borders the United
44	44	Mexican States, the [The] commission shall, with the consent of the
45	45	port authority, designate the most direct route from the Gateway
46	46	International Bridge or the Veterans International Bridge at Los
47	47	Tomates to the entrance of the Port of Brownsville using State
48	48	Highways 48 and 4 or United States Highways 77 and 83 or using
49	49	United States Highway 77 and United States Highway 83, East Loop
50	50	Corridor, and State Highway 4.
51	51	(b) For a permit issued by a port authority located in a
52	52	county that is adjacent to at least two counties with a population
53	53	of 550,000 or more, the commission shall, with the consent of the
54	54	port authority, designate the most direct route from:
55	55	(1) the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 523 and
56	56	Moller Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using Farm-to-Market
57	57	Roads 523 and 1495;
58	58	(2) the intersection of State Highway 288 and Chlorine
59	59	Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using State Highway 288; and
60	60	(3) the intersection of State Highway 288 and Chlorine
61	61	Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using State Highways 288 and
62	62	332 and Farm-to-Market Roads 523 and 1495.
63	63	(c) If the commission designates a route or changes the
64	64	route designated under this section, the commission shall notify
65	65	the port authority of the route not later than the 60th day before
66	66	the date that the designation takes effect.
67	67	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
68	68	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
69	69	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
70	70	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
71	71	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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