| 1 | | - | By: Lucio III (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 1741 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015; |
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| 3 | | - | May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | | - | Transportation; May 19, 2015, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | | - | vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1741 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to route designation for the issuance of a permit for the |
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| 12 | 6 | | movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. |
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| 13 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 623.219(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 15 | 9 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 10 | | (a) For a permit issued by a port authority located in a |
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| 17 | 11 | | county that borders the United Mexican States, the commission |
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| 18 | 12 | | shall, with the consent of the port authority, designate the most |
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| 19 | 13 | | direct route from: |
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| 20 | 14 | | (1) the Gateway International Bridge or the Veterans |
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| 21 | 15 | | International Bridge at Los Tomates to the entrance of the Port of |
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| 22 | 16 | | Brownsville using State Highways 48 and 4 or United States Highways |
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| 23 | 17 | | 77 and 83 or using United States Highway 77 and United States |
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| 24 | 18 | | Highway 83, East Loop Corridor, and State Highway 4; and |
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| 25 | 19 | | (2) the Free Trade International Bridge to: |
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| 26 | 20 | | (A) the entrance of the Port of Brownsville using |
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| 27 | 21 | | Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highways 77 and 83, |
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| 28 | 22 | | Farm-to-Market Road 511, State Highway 550, and East Loop (State |
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| 29 | 23 | | Highway 32); |
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| 30 | 24 | | (B) the eastern entrance of the Port of Harlingen |
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| 31 | 25 | | using Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highway 77 Business, |
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| 32 | 26 | | and Farm-to-Market Road 1846; |
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| 33 | 27 | | (C) the western entrance of the Port of Harlingen |
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| 34 | 28 | | using Farm-to-Market Roads 509 and 106; |
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| 35 | 29 | | (D) the southern entrance of the Harlingen |
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| 36 | 30 | | Industrial Park using Farm-to-Market Road 509; and |
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| 37 | 31 | | (E) the southern entrance of the Harlingen |
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| 38 | 32 | | Aerotropolis at Valley International Airport using Farm-to-Market |
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| 39 | 33 | | Road 509. |
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| 40 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 35 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 36 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 37 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1741 was passed by the House on May 5, |
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| 38 | + | 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 39 | + | voting. |
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| 40 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 42 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1741 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 43 | + | 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 44 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 46 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 47 | + | Date |
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| 48 | + | _____________________ |
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| 49 | + | Governor |
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