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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to route designation for the issuance of a permit for the |
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movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 623.219(a) and (b), Transportation |
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Code, are 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, designate the most |
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direct route from: |
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(1) the Gateway International Bridge or the Veterans |
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International Bridge at Los Tomates to the entrance of the Port of |
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Brownsville using State Highways 48 and 4 or United States Highways |
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77 and 83 or using United States Highway 77 and United States |
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Highway 83, East Loop Corridor, and State Highway 4; and |
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(2) the Free Trade International Bridge to: |
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(A) the entrance of the Port of Brownsville using |
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Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highways 77 and 83, |
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Farm-to-Market Road 511, State Highway 550, and East Loop (State |
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Highway 32); |
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(B) the eastern entrance of the Port of Harlingen |
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using Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highway 77 Business, |
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and Farm-to-Market Road 1846; |
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(C) the western entrance of the Port of Harlingen |
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using Farm-to-Market Roads 509 and 106; |
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(D) the southern entrance of the Harlingen |
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Industrial Park using Farm-to-Market Road 509; and |
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(E) the southern entrance of the Harlingen |
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Aerotropolis at Valley International Airport using Farm-to-Market |
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Road 509. |
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(b) For a permit issued by a port authority located in a |
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county that is adjacent to at least two counties with a population |
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of 550,000 or more, the commission shall, with the consent of the |
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port authority, designate the most direct route from: |
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(1) the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 523 and |
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Moller Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using Farm-to-Market |
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Roads 523 and 1495; |
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(2) the intersection of State Highway 288 and Chlorine |
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Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using State Highway 288; [and] |
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(3) the intersection of State Highway 288 and Chlorine |
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Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using State Highways 288 and |
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332 and Farm-to-Market Roads 523 and 1495; |
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(4) the intersection of North Velasco Boulevard and |
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South Avenue J in the city of Freeport to the entrance of Port |
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Freeport using North Velasco Boulevard and Farm-to-Market Road |
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1495; and |
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(5) 21441 Loop 419 in the city of Sweeny to the |
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entrance of Port Freeport using Loop 419, State Highways 35 and 36, |
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and Farm-to-Market Road 1495. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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