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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(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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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; |
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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; and |
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(6) 5261 7th Street in Bay City to the entrance of Port |
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Freeport using State Highway 35, Loop 419, State Highway 36, and |
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Farm-to-Market Road 1495. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |