Bill Text: TX HB4156 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of permits for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties; authorizing an increase in the amount of a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB4156 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4156-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of permits for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties; authorizing an increase in the amount of a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB4156 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4156-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Bonnen of Brazoria | H.B. No. 4156 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4156: | |||
By: Morrison | C.S.H.B. No. 4156 |
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relating to the issuance of permits for the movement of oversize and | ||
overweight vehicles in certain counties; authorizing an increase in | ||
the amount of a fee. | ||
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: | ||
(1) contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet | ||
opening into the gulf and: | ||
(A) [ |
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a population of 550,000 or more; or | ||
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or | ||
(2) contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet | ||
opening into the gulf with a population of not more than 200,000 and | ||
adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1)(A). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 623.212, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 623.212. PERMITS BY PORT AUTHORITY. The commission | ||
may authorize a port authority to issue permits for the movement of | ||
oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo on state highways | ||
located in counties: | ||
(1) contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet | ||
opening into the gulf and: | ||
(A) [ |
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a population of 550,000 or more; or | ||
(B) [ |
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or | ||
(2) contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet | ||
opening into the gulf with a population of not more than 200,000 and | ||
adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1)(A). | ||
SECTION 3. Section 623.214(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A port authority may collect a fee for permits issued | ||
under this subchapter. Such fees shall not exceed $120 [ |
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trip. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 623.219(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(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; | ||
(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; | ||
(4) the intersection of North Velasco Boulevard and | ||
South Avenue J in the city of Freeport to the entrance of Port | ||
Freeport using North Velasco Boulevard and Farm-to-Market Road | ||
1495; [ |
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(5) 21441 Loop 419 in the city of Sweeny to the | ||
entrance of Port Freeport using Loop 419, State Highways 35 and 36, | ||
and Farm-to-Market Road 1495; and | ||
(6) 5261 Seventh Street in Bay City to the entrance of | ||
Port Freeport using State Highway 35, Loop 419, State Highway 36, | ||
and Farm-to-Market Road 1495. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |