88R4446 DIO-D
 
  By: Lopez of Cameron H.B. No. 1888
 
 
 
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.