H.B. No. 1969
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the issuance of certain permits for the movement of
  oversize or overweight vehicles on certain highways.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 623.322(a), Transportation Code, as
  added by Chapter 635 (H.B. 474), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commission may authorize a regional mobility
  authority to issue permits for the movement of oversize or
  overweight vehicles carrying cargo in Hidalgo County on:
               (1)  the following roads:
                     (A)  U.S. Highway 281 between its intersection
  with the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and its intersection
  with State Highway 336;
                     (B)  State Highway 336 between its intersection
  with U.S. Highway 281 and its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road
  1016;
                     (C)  Farm-to-Market Road 1016 between its
  intersection with State Highway 336 and its intersection with
  Trinity Road;
                     (D)  Trinity Road between its intersection with
  Farm-to-Market Road 1016 and its intersection with Farm-to-Market
  Road 396;
                     (E)  Farm-to-Market Road 396 between its
  intersection with Trinity Road and its intersection with the
  Anzalduas International Bridge;
                     (F)  Farm-to-Market Road 2061 between its
  intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 3072 and its intersection
  with U.S. Highway 281;
                     (G)  U.S. Highway 281 between its intersection
  with the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and its intersection
  with Spur 29;
                     (H)  Spur 29 between its intersection with U.S.
  Highway 281 and its intersection with Doffin Canal Road; [and]
                     (I)  Doffin Canal Road between its intersection
  with the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and its intersection
  with Spur 29; [or]
                     (J)  Farm-to-Market Road 1015 between its
  intersection with U.S. Highway 281 and its intersection with U.S.
  Highway 83 Business;
                     (K)  U.S. Highway 83 Business between its
  intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1015 and its intersection
  with South Pleasantview Drive;
                     (L)  Farm-to-Market Road 1015 between its
  intersection with U.S. Highway 83 Business and its intersection
  with Mile 9 Road North; and
                     (M)  Mile 9 Road North between its intersection
  with Farm-to-Market Road 1015 and its intersection with Joe
  Stephens Avenue; or
               (2)  another route designated by the commission in
  consultation with the authority.
         SECTION 2.  (a) This section takes effect only if the Act of
  the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, relating to
  nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes
  becomes law.
         (b)  Subchapter S, Chapter 623, Transportation Code, is
  amended by adding Section 623.370 to read as follows:
         Sec. 623.370.  BOND. (a) The authority shall file with the
  Texas Department of Transportation a bond in an amount set by the
  Texas Department of Transportation under Subsection (b), payable to
  the Texas Department of Transportation, and conditioned that the
  authority will pay to the Texas Department of Transportation the
  amount by which the annual cost to repair any damage to roads and
  highways subject to this subchapter from the movement of oversize
  and overweight vehicles for which permits are issued under this
  subchapter exceeds the annual amount paid to the Texas Department
  of Transportation under Section 623.364(b).
         (b)  The Texas Department of Transportation shall set the
  amount of the bond required under Subsection (a) in an amount equal
  to the estimated annual cost to repair any damage to roads and
  highways subject to this subchapter from the movement of oversize
  and overweight vehicles for which permits are issued under this
  subchapter.
         SECTION 3.  (a) This section takes effect only if the Act of
  the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, relating to
  nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes does
  not become law.
         (b)  Subchapter Q, Chapter 623, Transportation Code, as
  added by Chapter 635 (H.B. 474), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2013, is amended by adding Section 623.329 to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 623.329.  BOND. (a) The authority shall file with the
  Texas Department of Transportation a bond in an amount set by the
  Texas Department of Transportation under Subsection (b), payable to
  the Texas Department of Transportation, and conditioned that the
  authority will pay to the Texas Department of Transportation the
  amount by which the annual cost to repair any damage to roads and
  highways subject to this subchapter from the movement of oversize
  and overweight vehicles for which permits are issued under this
  subchapter exceeds the annual amount paid to the Texas Department
  of Transportation under Section 623.323(b).
         (b)  The Texas Department of Transportation shall set the
  amount of the bond required under Subsection (a) in an amount equal
  to the estimated annual cost to repair any damage to roads and
  highways subject to this subchapter from the movement of oversize
  and overweight vehicles for which permits are issued under this
  subchapter.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1969 was passed by the House on May 5,
  2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1969 on May 29, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 1,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1969 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor