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

89(R) HB 4663 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R3435 KRM-D

By: Lopez of Cameron, Bonnen, Paul, Curry,

H.B. No. 4663

LaHood, et al.

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, designate the most

direct route from:

(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
]

(2) the Free Trade International Bridge to:

(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);

(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;

(C) the western entrance of the Port of Harlingen

using Farm-to-Market Roads 509 and 106;

(D) the southern entrance of the Harlingen

Industrial Park using Farm-to-Market Road 509; and

(E) the southern entrance of the Harlingen

Aerotropolis at Valley International Airport using Farm-to-Market

Road 509
; and

(3)

the intersection of State Highways 4 and 48 to Boca

Chica Beach using State Highway 4
.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.