H.B. No. 3460
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the 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, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  For a permit issued by a port authority contiguous to
  the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet opening into the gulf with a
  population of not more than 200,000 that is adjacent to a county
  described in Subsection (b), the commission shall, with the consent
  of the port authority, designate the most direct route from:
               (1)  the Matagorda County line to the entrance of the
  Port of Palacios using State Highway 35;
               (2)  the Matagorda County line to the entrance of the
  Port of Palacios using State Highway 60;
               (3)  the Matagorda County line to the entrance of the
  Port of Palacios using FM 521; and
               (4)  the Matagorda County line to the entrance of the
  Port of Palacios using State Highway 71.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3460 was passed by the House on May 9,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 10, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 3460 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 129, Nays 12,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3460 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor