By: Lucio  S.B. No. 1803
         (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2015; March 25, 2015, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
  April 30, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 30, 2015,
  sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1803 By:  Huffines
 
 
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.  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, 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.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
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