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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, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) For a permit issued by a port authority contiguous to |
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the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet opening into the gulf with a |
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population of not more than 200,000 that is adjacent to a county |
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described in subsection (b), the commission shall, with the consent |
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of the port authority, designate the most direct route from: |
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(1) the intersection of State Highway 35 and McCrosky |
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Road in Matagorda County to the entrance of the Port of Palacios |
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using State Highway 35; and |
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(2) the intersection of State Highway 60 and Chalmers |
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Road in Matagorda County to the entrance the Port of Palacios using |
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State Highway 60; and |
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(3) the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 521 and |
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Weathers Road in Matagorda County to the entrance of the Port of |
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Palacios using FM 521; and |
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(4) the intersection of State Highway 71 and Wind Road |
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in Matagorda County to the entrance of the Port of Palacios using |
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State Highway 71. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-third of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |