H.B. No. 3460
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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3460 was passed by the House on May 9,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 10, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3460 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 12,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3460 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor