By: Thompson of Brazoria H.B. No. 3460
(Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2019;
May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 19, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
May 19, 2019, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3460 By: Hancock
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, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) For a permit issued by a port authority contiguous to
the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet opening into the gulf with a
population of not more than 200,000 that is adjacent to a county
described in Subsection (b), the commission shall, with the consent
of the port authority, designate the most direct route from:
(1) the Matagorda County line to the entrance of the
Port of Palacios using State Highway 35;
(2) the Matagorda County line to the entrance of the
Port of Palacios using State Highway 60;
(3) the Matagorda County line to the entrance of the
Port of Palacios using FM 521; and
(4) the Matagorda County line to the entrance of the
Port of Palacios using State Highway 71.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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