BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	H.B. 3460
	By: Thompson, Ed (Kolkhorst)
	Transportation
	5/16/2019
	Engrossed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

H.B. 3460 amends current law relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 623.219, Transportation Code, by adding Subsection (b-1), as follows:

(b-1) Requires the Texas Transportation Commission, for a permit issued by a port authority contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet opening into the gulf with a population of not more than 200,000 that is adjacent to a county described in Subsection (b), to, with the consent of the port authority, designate the most direct route from:

(1) the intersection of State Highway 35 and McCrosky Road in Matagorda County to the entrance of the Port of Palacios using State Highway 35; and

(2) the intersection of State Highway 60 and Chalmers Road in Matagorda County to the entrance of the Port of Palacios using State Highway 60; and

(3) the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 521 and Weathers Road in Matagorda County to the entrance of the Port of Palacios using FM 521; and

(4) the intersection of State Highway 71 and Wind Road in Matagorda County to the entrance of the Port of Palacios using State Highway 71.

SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2019.