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By: Thompson of Brazoria |
H.B. No. 3460 |
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(Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2019; |
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May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation; May 19, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; |
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May 19, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3460 |
By: Hancock |
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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 Matagorda County line to the entrance of the |
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Port of Palacios using State Highway 35; |
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(2) the Matagorda County line to the entrance of the |
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Port of Palacios using State Highway 60; |
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(3) the Matagorda County line to the entrance of the |
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Port of Palacios using FM 521; and |
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(4) the Matagorda County line to the entrance of the |
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Port of Palacios using 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-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. 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. |
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