Amend HB 1321 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 1, line 5, strike "Section 623.219(b), Transportation Code, is" and substitute "Sections 623.219(a) and (b), Transportation Code, are".

(2)  On page 1, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:

(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)  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)  the Free Trade International Bridge 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);

(E)  the southern entrance of the Harlingen Aerotropolis at Valley International Airport using Farm-to-Market Road 509.