H.B. No. 3125
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to 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, designate the most
  direct route from:
               (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
               (2)  the Free Trade International Bridge to 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).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3125 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 1, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3125 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor