HB 5218
AN ACT relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for
House Bill
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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What This Bill Does
relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles that serve a deepwater seaport on the U.S.-Mexico Border. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 623.219(a), Transportation Code, is (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, designate the most (1) between 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 (2) between the Free Trade International Bridge and (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 SECTION 2. This bill is applicable only to the designated routes for the Port of Brownsville. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
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Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for
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