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AN ACT
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relating to route designation for the issuance of a permit for the |
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movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 623.219(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) For a permit issued by a port authority located in a |
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county that borders the United Mexican States, the commission |
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shall, with the consent of the port authority, designate the most |
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direct route from: |
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(1) the Gateway International Bridge or the Veterans |
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International Bridge at Los Tomates to the entrance of the Port of |
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Brownsville using State Highways 48 and 4 or United States Highways |
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77 and 83 or using United States Highway 77 and United States |
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Highway 83, East Loop Corridor, and State Highway 4; and |
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(2) the Free Trade International Bridge to the |
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entrance of the Port of Brownsville using Farm-to-Market Road 509, |
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United States Highways 77 and 83, Farm-to-Market Road 511, State |
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Highway 550, and East Loop (State Highway 32). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3125 was passed by the House on May 2, |
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2013, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3125 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |