85R23265 AAF-F
By: Bonnen of Brazoria H.B. No. 4156
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of permits for the movement of oversize and
overweight vehicles in certain counties; authorizing an increase in
the amount of a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 623.210, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 623.210. OPTIONAL PROCEDURE. This subchapter
provides an optional procedure for the issuance of a permit for the
movement of oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo on state
highways located in counties:
(1) contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet
opening into the gulf and:
(A) [(1)] adjacent to at least two counties with
a population of 550,000 or more; or
(B) [(2)] bordering the United Mexican States;
or
(2) contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet
opening into the gulf with a population of not more than 200,000 and
adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1)(A).
SECTION 2. Section 623.212, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 623.212. PERMITS BY PORT AUTHORITY. The commission
may authorize a port authority to issue permits for the movement of
oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo on state highways
located in counties:
(1) contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet
opening into the gulf and:
(A) [(1)] adjacent to at least two counties with
a population of 550,000 or more; or
(B) [(2)] bordering the United Mexican States;
or
(2) contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet
opening into the gulf with a population of not more than 200,000 and
adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1)(A).
SECTION 3. Section 623.214(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A port authority may collect a fee for permits issued
under this subchapter. Such fees shall not exceed $120 [$80] per
trip.
SECTION 4. Section 623.219(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(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;
(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; and
(6) 5261 Seventh Street in Bay City to the entrance of
Port Freeport using State Highway 35, Loop 419, State Highway 36,
and Farm-to-Market Road 1495.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.