89R13403 CXP-F
By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 1512
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, designate the most
direct route [from]:
(1) from 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
(2) between the Free Trade International Bridge and
[to]:
(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);
(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;
(C) the western entrance of the Port of Harlingen
using Farm-to-Market Roads 509 and 106;
(D) the southern entrance of the Harlingen
Industrial Park using Farm-to-Market Road 509; and
(E) the southern entrance of the Harlingen
Aerotropolis at Valley International Airport using Farm-to-Market
Road 509.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.