88R4446 DIO-D
By: LaMantia S.B. No. 1418
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(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) For a permit issued by a port authority located in a
county that borders the United Mexican States, the commission
[shall], with the consent of the port authority:
(1) shall[,] designate the most direct route from:
(A) [(1)] the Gateway International Bridge or
the Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates to the entrance of
the Port of Brownsville using State Highways 48 and 4 or United
States Highways 77 and 83 or using United States Highway 77 and
United States Highway 83, East Loop Corridor, and State Highway 4;
[and]
(B) [(2)] the Free Trade International Bridge
to:
(i) [(A)] the entrance of the Port of
Brownsville using Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highways
77 and 83, Farm-to-Market Road 511, State Highway 550, and East Loop
(State Highway 32);
(ii) [(B)] the eastern entrance of the Port
of Harlingen using Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highway
77 Business, and Farm-to-Market Road 1846;
(iii) [(C)] the western entrance of the
Port of Harlingen using Farm-to-Market Roads 509 and 106;
(iv) [(D)] the southern entrance of the
Harlingen Industrial Park using Farm-to-Market Road 509; and
(v) [(E)] the southern entrance of the
Harlingen Aerotropolis at Valley International Airport using
Farm-to-Market Road 509; and
(C) the Pharr International Bridge to:
(i) the eastern entrance of the Port of
Harlingen using United States Highway 281, Farm-to-Market Road 509,
United States Highway 77 Business, and Farm-to-Market Road 1846;
and
(ii) the western entrance of the Port of
Harlingen using United States Highway 281 and Farm-to-Market Roads
509 and 106; and
(2) may designate another route in consultation with
the port authority.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.