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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 1485 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for |
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| 10 | 10 | | the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain |
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| 11 | 11 | | counties. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 623.219(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) For a permit issued by a port authority located in a |
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| 16 | 16 | | county that borders the United Mexican States, the commission |
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| 17 | 17 | | shall, with the consent of the port authority, designate the most |
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| 18 | 18 | | direct route from: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) the Gateway International Bridge or the Veterans |
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| 20 | 20 | | International Bridge at Los Tomates to the entrance of the Port of |
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| 21 | 21 | | Brownsville using State Highways 48 and 4 or United States Highways |
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| 22 | 22 | | 77 and 83 or using United States Highway 77 and United States |
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| 23 | 23 | | Highway 83, East Loop Corridor, and State Highway 4; [and] |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) the Free Trade International Bridge to: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (A) the entrance of the Port of Brownsville using |
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| 26 | 26 | | Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highways 77 and 83, |
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| 27 | 27 | | Farm-to-Market Road 511, State Highway 550, and East Loop (State |
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| 28 | 28 | | Highway 32); |
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| 29 | 29 | | (B) the eastern entrance of the Port of Harlingen |
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| 30 | 30 | | using Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highway 77 Business, |
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| 31 | 31 | | and Farm-to-Market Road 1846; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (C) the western entrance of the Port of Harlingen |
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| 33 | 33 | | using Farm-to-Market Roads 509 and 106; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (D) the southern entrance of the Harlingen |
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| 35 | 35 | | Industrial Park using Farm-to-Market Road 509; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (E) the southern entrance of the Harlingen |
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| 37 | 37 | | Aerotropolis at Valley International Airport using Farm-to-Market |
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| 38 | 38 | | Road 509; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | (3) the intersection of State Highways 4 and 48 to Boca |
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| 40 | 40 | | Chica Beach using State Highway 4. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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