Bill Text: TX HB1305 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of oversize or overweight vehicle permits by certain port authorities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB1305 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1305-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1305 |
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relating to the issuance of oversize or overweight vehicle permits | ||
by certain port authorities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 623.210, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 623.210. OPTIONAL PROCEDURE. This subchapter provides | ||
an optional procedure for the issuance of a permit for the movement | ||
of oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo on state highways | ||
located in counties contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or | ||
inlet opening into the gulf and: | ||
(1) adjacent to at least two counties with a | ||
population of 550,000 or more; or | ||
(2) bordering the United Mexican States. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 623.211, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 623.211. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "port | ||
authority" means a port authority or navigation district created or | ||
operating under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article | ||
XVI, Texas Constitution. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 623.212, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 623.212. PERMITS BY PORT AUTHORITY. The department | ||
may authorize a port authority to issue permits for the movement of | ||
oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo on state highways | ||
located in counties contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or | ||
inlet opening into the gulf and: | ||
(1) adjacent to at least two counties with a | ||
population of 550,000 or more; or | ||
(2) bordering the United Mexican States. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 623.219, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 623.219. ROUTE DESIGNATION. (a) For a permit issued | ||
by a port authority located in a county that borders the United | ||
Mexican States, the [ |
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port authority, designate the most direct route from 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. | ||
(b) 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, the commission shall, with the consent of the | ||
port authority, designate the most direct route from: | ||
(1) the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 523 and | ||
Moller Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using Farm-to-Market | ||
Roads 523 and 1495; | ||
(2) the intersection of State Highway 288 and Chlorine | ||
Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using State Highway 288; and | ||
(3) the intersection of State Highway 288 and Chlorine | ||
Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using State Highways 288 and | ||
332 and Farm-to-Market Roads 523 and 1495. | ||
(c) If the commission designates a route or changes the | ||
route designated under this section, the commission shall notify | ||
the port authority of the route not later than the 60th day before | ||
the date that the designation takes effect. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1305 was passed by the House on April | ||
7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1305 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |