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      By: Hinojosa of Nueces  S.B. No. 2841          (In the Senate - Filed March 14, 2025; April 7, 2025, read   first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;   April 28, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 28, 2025,   sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2841 By:  West     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the route designation for a permit for the movement of   oversize and overweight vehicles that serve a deepwater seaport in   a county that borders the United Mexican States.          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 :                 (1)  between [ from ]:                       (A)  [ (1) ]  the Gateway International Bridge or   the Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates and [ to ] the   entrance of the Port of Brownsville using :                             (i)   State Highways 48 and 4 ;                             (ii)   [ or ] United States Highways 77 and 83 ;   or                             (iii)   [ 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   and [ 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); and                 (2)  from the Free Trade International Bridge to:                       (A)  [ (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;                       (B)  [ (C) ]  the western entrance of the Port of   Harlingen using Farm-to-Market Roads 509 and 106;                       (C)  [ (D) ]  the southern entrance of the Harlingen   Industrial Park using Farm-to-Market Road 509; and                       (D)  [ (E) ]  the southern entrance of the Harlingen   Aerotropolis at Valley International Airport using Farm-to-Market   Road 509.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *