85R8723 AAF-F
By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1921
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the 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(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 7th 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 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.