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. 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; [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.