85R8723 AAF-F
 
  By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1921
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the 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(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (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;
               (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; and
               (6)  5261 7th Street in Bay City to the entrance of Port
  Freeport using State Highway 35, Loop 419, State Highway 36, and
  Farm-to-Market Road 1495.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.