By: Hinojosa of Hidalgo S.B. No. 2663
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 for certain routes
in Hidalgo County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 623.362, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 623.362. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Aggregates" means any commonly recognized
construction material originating from a quarry or pit by the
disturbance of the surface, including dirt, soil, rock asphalt,
clay, granite, gravel, gypsum, marble, sand, shale, stone, caliche,
limestone, dolomite, rock, riprap, or other similar substance.
(2) "Authority[, "authority] means the regional
mobility authority authorized to issue permits under Section
623.363.
SECTION 2. Section 623.363, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) The commission may authorize a regional mobility
authority to issue permits for the movement of oversize or
overweight vehicles carrying cargo in Hidalgo County on:
(1) the following roads:
(A) U.S. Highway 281 between its intersection
with the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and its intersection
with State Highway 336;
(B) State Highway 336 between its intersection
with U.S. Highway 281 and its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road
1016;
(C) Farm-to-Market Road 1016 between its
intersection with State Highway 336 and its intersection with
Trinity Road;
(D) Trinity Road between its intersection with
Farm-to-Market Road 1016 and its intersection with Farm-to-Market
Road 396;
(E) Farm-to-Market Road 396 between its
intersection with Trinity Road and its intersection with the
Anzalduas International Bridge;
(F) Farm-to-Market Road 2061 between its
intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 3072 and its intersection
with U.S. Highway 281;
(G) U.S. Highway 281 between its intersection
with the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and its intersection
with Spur 29;
(H) Spur 29 between its intersection with U.S.
Highway 281 and its intersection with West Doffing [Doffin Canal]
Road;
(I) Doffin Canal Road between its intersection
with the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and its intersection
with Spur 29;
(I-1) West Doffing Road between its intersection
with Spur 29 and its eastern intersection with Doffin Canal Road;
(J) Farm-to-Market Road 1015 between its
intersection with U.S. Highway 281 and its intersection with U.S.
Highway 83 Business;
(K) U.S. Highway 83 Business between its
intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1015 and its intersection
with South Pleasantview Drive;
(L) Farm-to-Market Road 1015 between its
intersection with U.S. Highway 83 Business and its intersection
with Mile 9 Road North; and
(M) Mile 9 Road North between its intersection
with Farm-to-Market Road 1015 and its intersection with Joe
Stephens Avenue; or
(2) another route designated by the commission in
consultation with the authority.
(c) The issuance of permit under this subchapter for the
movement of oversize or overweight vehicles on West Doffing Road
between its intersection with Spur 29 and its eastern intersection
with Doffin Canal Road, shall be limited to only the carrying of
aggregates.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.