By: Canales (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa of Hidalgo) H.B. No. 2427          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2025;   May 1, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on   Transportation; May 23, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable   Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0;   May 23, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2427 By:  Hinojosa of Hidalgo     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the issuance of and fee for a permit for the movement of   oversize and overweight vehicles on certain routes in Hidalgo   County and the use of those fees for the payment of the costs of   constructing and maintaining certain of those routes.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 623.363, Transportation Code, is amended   by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (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;                (2) [(B)]  State Highway 336 between its intersection   with U.S. Highway 281 and its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road   1016;                (3) [(C)]  Farm-to-Market Road 1016 between its   intersection with State Highway 336 and its intersection with   Trinity Road;                (4) [(D)]  Trinity Road between its intersection with   Farm-to-Market Road 1016 and its intersection with Farm-to-Market   Road 396;                (5) [(E)]  Farm-to-Market Road 396 between its   intersection with Trinity Road and its intersection with the   Anzalduas International Bridge;                (6) [(F)]  Farm-to-Market Road 2061 between its   intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 3072 and its intersection   with U.S. Highway 281;                (7) [(G)]  U.S. Highway 281 between its intersection   with the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and its intersection   with Spur 29;                (8) [(H)]  Spur 29 between its intersection with U.S.   Highway 281 and its intersection with West Doffing [Doffin Canal]   Road;                (9)  West Doffing Road between its intersection with   Spur 29 and its eastern intersection with Doffin Canal Road   [(I)  Doffin Canal Road between its intersection with the   Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and its intersection with Spur   29];                (10) [(J)]  Farm-to-Market Road 1015 between its   intersection with U.S. Highway 281 and its intersection with U.S.   Highway 83 Business;                (11) [(K)]  U.S. Highway 83 Business between its   intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1015 and its intersection   with South Pleasantview Drive;                (12) [(L)]  Farm-to-Market Road 1015 between its   intersection with U.S. Highway 83 Business and its intersection   with Mile 9 Road North; [and]                (13) [(M)]  Mile 9 Road North between its intersection   with Farm-to-Market Road 1015 and its intersection with Joe   Stephens Avenue; or                (14)  365 Tollway between its intersection with   Farm-to-Market Road 396 and its intersection with West Military   Highway at San Juan Road [(2)  another route designated by the   commission in consultation with the authority].          (a-1)  The authority authorized under this section shall pay   from fees collected by the authority under Section 623.364 all   costs to construct and maintain the route designated under   Subsection (a)(9), and any off-system road designated after   September 1, 2025.          (c)  The authority authorized under this section may not   issue a permit under this section for an oversize or overweight   vehicle that is transporting in a cargo tank hazardous material in a   quantity requiring placarding by a regulation issued under the   Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. Section 5101 et   seq.).          SECTION 2.  Section 623.364(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The authority may collect a fee for permits issued under   this subchapter. Beginning September 1, 2025 [2017], the maximum   amount of the fee may not exceed $250 [$200] per trip. On September   1 of each subsequent year, the authority may adjust the maximum fee   amount as necessary to reflect the percentage change during the   preceding year in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers   (CPI-U), U.S. City Average, published monthly by the United States   Bureau of Labor Statistics or its successor in function.          SECTION 3.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this   section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.          (b)  This Act takes effect only if S.B. 2949, 89th   Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, is enacted and becomes law. If   legislation described by this subsection is not enacted or does not   become law, this Act has no effect.     * * * * *