88R4446 DIO-D     By: LaMantia S.B. No. 1418       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                      (C)  the Pharr International Bridge to:                            (i)  the eastern entrance of the Port of   Harlingen using United States Highway 281, Farm-to-Market Road 509,   United States Highway 77 Business, and Farm-to-Market Road 1846;   and                            (ii)  the western entrance of the Port of   Harlingen using United States Highway 281 and Farm-to-Market Roads   509 and 106; and                (2)  may designate another route in consultation with   the port authority.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.