bill adding West Doffing Road to the oversize truck routes

The text as introduced · 506 words

By: Hinojosa of Hidalgo
S.B. No. 2663

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 for certain routes

in Hidalgo County.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 623.362, Transportation Code, is amended

to read as follows:

Sec. 623.362. DEFINITIONS . In this subchapter :

(1) "Aggregates" means any commonly recognized

construction material originating from a quarry or pit by the

disturbance of the surface, including dirt, soil, rock asphalt,

clay, granite, gravel, gypsum, marble, sand, shale, stone, caliche,

limestone, dolomite, rock, riprap, or other similar substance.

(2) "Authority [ , "authority ] means the regional

mobility authority authorized to issue permits under Section

623.363 .

SECTION 2. Section 623.363, Transportation Code, is amended

by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) 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 West Doffing [ Doffin Canal ]

Road;

(I) Doffin Canal Road between its intersection

with the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and its intersection

with Spur 29;

(I-1) West Doffing Road between its intersection

with Spur 29 and its eastern intersection with Doffin Canal Road;

(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.

(c) The issuance of permit under this subchapter for the

movement of oversize or overweight vehicles on West Doffing Road

between its intersection with Spur 29 and its eastern intersection

with Doffin Canal Road, shall be limited to only the carrying of

aggregates.

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