By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 2841
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 that serve a
deepwater seaport on the U.S.-Mexico Border.
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) between 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, EastLoopCorridor,andStateHighway4;
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)
SECTION 2. This bill is applicable only to the designated
routes for the Port of Brownsville.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.