bill adding oversize truck routes in Cameron and Hidalgo counties

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89R9418 GP-D

By: Lopez of Cameron
H.B. No. 1978

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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(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 :

(1) shall [ , ] designate the most direct route from:

(A) [ (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

(B) [ (2) ] the Free Trade International Bridge

to:

(i) [ (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 Highway 32);

(ii) [ (B) ] the eastern entrance of the Port

of Harlingen using Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highway

77 Business, and Farm-to-Market Road 1846;

(iii) [ (C) ] the western entrance of the

Port of Harlingen using Farm-to-Market Roads 509 and 106;

(iv) [ (D) ] the southern entrance of the

Harlingen Industrial Park using Farm-to-Market Road 509; [ and ]

(v) [ (E) ] the southern entrance of the

Harlingen Aerotropolis at Valley International Airport using

Farm-to-Market Road 509 ; and

(vi) the western Cameron County line using

Farm-to-Market Road 509 and United States Highway 281; and

(2) may designate another route in consultation with

the port authority .

SECTION 2. Section 623.363(a), Transportation Code, 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 the eastern Hidalgo County line [ Spur 29 ];

(H) Spur 29 between its intersection with U.S.

Highway 281 and its intersection with Doffin Canal Road;

(I) Doffin Canal Road between its intersection

with the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and its intersection

with Spur 29;

(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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.