By: LaMantia S.B. No. 1418
 
  (Lopez of Cameron, Raney, Guillen, Button, et al.)
 
   
 
 
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(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  For a permit issued by a port authority located in a
  county that borders the United Mexican States, the commission
  [shall], with the consent of the port authority:
               (1)  shall[,] designate the most direct route from:
                     (A) [(1)  the Gateway International Bridge or]
  the Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates to the entrance of
  the Port of Brownsville using State Highways 48 and 4 or United
  States Highways 77 and 83 or using United States Highway 77 and
  United States Highway 83, East Loop Corridor, and State Highway 4;
  and
                     (B) [(2)]  the Free Trade International Bridge
  to:
                           (i) [(A)]  the entrance of the Port of
  Brownsville using Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highways
  77 and 83, Farm-to-Market Road 511, State Highway 550, and East Loop
  (State Highway 32);
                           (ii) [(B)]  the eastern entrance of the Port
  of Harlingen using Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highway
  77 Business, and Farm-to-Market Road 1846;
                           (iii) [(C)]  the western entrance of the
  Port of Harlingen using Farm-to-Market Roads 509 and 106;
                           (iv) [(D)]  the southern entrance of the
  Harlingen Industrial Park using Farm-to-Market Road 509; [and]
                           (v) [(E)]  the southern entrance of the
  Harlingen Aerotropolis at Valley International Airport using
  Farm-to-Market Road 509; and
                           (vi)  the western Cameron County line using
  Farm-to-Market Road 509 and United States Highway 281; and
               (2)  may designate another route in consultation with
  the port authority.
         SECTION 2.  Section 623.363(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commission may authorize a regional mobility
  authority to issue permits for the movement of oversize or
  overweight vehicles carrying cargo in Hidalgo County on:
               (1)  the following roads:
                     (A)  U.S. Highway 281 between its intersection
  with the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and its intersection
  with State Highway 336;
                     (B)  State Highway 336 between its intersection
  with U.S. Highway 281 and its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road
  1016;
                     (C)  Farm-to-Market Road 1016 between its
  intersection with State Highway 336 and its intersection with
  Trinity Road;
                     (D)  Trinity Road between its intersection with
  Farm-to-Market Road 1016 and its intersection with Farm-to-Market
  Road 396;
                     (E)  Farm-to-Market Road 396 between its
  intersection with Trinity Road and its intersection with the
  Anzalduas International Bridge;
                     (F)  Farm-to-Market Road 2061 between its
  intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 3072 and its intersection
  with U.S. Highway 281;
                     (G)  U.S. Highway 281 between its intersection
  with the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and its intersection
  with the eastern Hidalgo County line [Spur 29];
                     (H)  Spur 29 between its intersection with U.S.
  Highway 281 and its intersection with Doffin Canal Road;
                     (I)  Doffin Canal Road between its intersection
  with the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and its intersection
  with Spur 29;
                     (J)  Farm-to-Market Road 1015 between its
  intersection with U.S. Highway 281 and its intersection with U.S.
  Highway 83 Business;
                     (K)  U.S. Highway 83 Business between its
  intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1015 and its intersection
  with South Pleasantview Drive;
                     (L)  Farm-to-Market Road 1015 between its
  intersection with U.S. Highway 83 Business and its intersection
  with Mile 9 Road North; and
                     (M)  Mile 9 Road North between its intersection
  with Farm-to-Market Road 1015 and its intersection with Joe
  Stephens Avenue; or
               (2)  another route designated by the commission in
  consultation with the authority.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.