By: Bonnen of Brazoria (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 1321
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015;
  May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Transportation; May 19, 2015, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to 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.  Sections 623.219(a) and (b), Transportation
  Code, are 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)  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);
                     (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;
                     (C)  the western entrance of the Port of Harlingen
  using Farm-to-Market Roads 509 and 106;
                     (D)  the southern entrance of the Harlingen
  Industrial Park using Farm-to-Market Road 509; and
                     (E)  the southern entrance of the Harlingen
  Aerotropolis at Valley International Airport using Farm-to-Market
  Road 509.
         (b)  For a permit issued by a port authority located in a
  county that is adjacent to at least two counties with a population
  of 550,000 or more, the commission shall, with the consent of the
  port authority, designate the most direct route from:
               (1)  the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 523 and
  Moller Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using Farm-to-Market
  Roads 523 and 1495;
               (2)  the intersection of State Highway 288 and Chlorine
  Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using State Highway 288; [and]
               (3)  the intersection of State Highway 288 and Chlorine
  Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using State Highways 288 and
  332 and Farm-to-Market Roads 523 and 1495;
               (4)  the intersection of North Velasco Boulevard and
  South Avenue J in the city of Freeport to the entrance of Port
  Freeport using North Velasco Boulevard and Farm-to-Market Road
  1495; and
               (5)  21441 Loop 419 in the city of Sweeny to the
  entrance of Port Freeport using Loop 419, State Highways 35 and 36,
  and Farm-to-Market Road 1495.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
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