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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for |
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the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain |
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counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 623.219(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) For a permit issued by a port authority located in a |
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county that borders the United Mexican States, the commission |
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[shall], with the consent of the port authority: |
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(1) shall[,] designate the most direct route from: |
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(A) [(1)] the Gateway International Bridge or |
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the Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates to the entrance of |
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the Port of Brownsville using State Highways 48 and 4 or United |
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States Highways 77 and 83 or using United States Highway 77 and |
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United States Highway 83, East Loop Corridor, and State Highway 4; |
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[and] |
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(B) [(2)] the Free Trade International Bridge |
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to: |
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(i) [(A)] the entrance of the Port of |
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Brownsville using Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highways |
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77 and 83, Farm-to-Market Road 511, State Highway 550, and East Loop |
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(State Highway 32); |
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(ii) [(B)] the eastern entrance of the Port |
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of Harlingen using Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highway |
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77 Business, and Farm-to-Market Road 1846; |
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(iii) [(C)] the western entrance of the |
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Port of Harlingen using Farm-to-Market Roads 509 and 106; |
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(iv) [(D)] the southern entrance of the |
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Harlingen Industrial Park using Farm-to-Market Road 509; and |
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(v) [(E)] the southern entrance of the |
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Harlingen Aerotropolis at Valley International Airport using |
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Farm-to-Market Road 509; and |
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(C) the Pharr International Bridge to: |
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(i) the eastern entrance of the Port of |
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Harlingen using United States Highway 281, Farm-to-Market Road 509, |
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United States Highway 77 Business, and Farm-to-Market Road 1846; |
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and |
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(ii) the western entrance of the Port of |
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Harlingen using United States Highway 281 and Farm-to-Market Roads |
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509 and 106; and |
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(2) may designate another route in consultation with |
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the port authority. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |