TITLE: Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties.

SUMMARY: Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties.

FULL TEXT:
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(b), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) For a permit issued by a port authority located in a county that is adjacent to at least two counties with a population of 550,000 or more, the commission shall, with the consent of the port authority, designate the most direct route from: (1) the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 523 and Moller Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using Farm-to-Market Roads 523 and 1495; (2) the intersection of State Highway 288 and Chlorine Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using State Highway 288; (3) the intersection of State Highway 288 and Chlorine Road to the entrance of Port Freeport using State Highways 288 and 332 and Farm-to-Market Roads 523 and 1495; (4) the intersection of North Velasco Boulevard and South Avenue Jin the city of Freeport to the entrance of Port Freeport using North Velasco Boulevard and Farm-to-Market Road 1495; [and] (5) 21441 Loop 419 in the city of Sweeny to the entrance of Port Freeport using Loop 419, State Highways 35 and 36, and Farm-to-Market Road 1495;and (6) 5261 7th Street in Bay City to the entrance of Port Freeport using State Highway 35, Loop 419, State Highway 36, and Farm-to-Market Road 1495.SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.