83R10032 JAM-D
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 3125
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(a), Transportation Code, is
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) on completion of State Highway 32, the Free Trade
International Bridge to the entrance of the Port of Brownsville
using Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highways 77 and 83,
State Highway 32, and State Highway 550.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.