BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	C.S.H.B. 3460
86R33741 JAM-D	By: Thompson, Ed (Kolkhorst)
	Transportation
	5/17/2019
	Committee Report (Substituted)

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

C.S.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 (TTC), 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) (relating to requiring TTC to designate certain routes 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), to, with the consent of the port authority, designate the most direct route from:

(1) the Matagorda County line to the entrance of the Port of Palacios using State Highway 35;

(2) the Matagorda County line to the entrance of the Port of Palacios using State Highway 60;

(3) the Matagorda County line to the entrance of the Port of Palacios using FM 521; and

(4) the Matagorda County line to the entrance of the Port of Palacios using State Highway 71.

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