Tex. Transp. Code § 623.212 · Subchapter K. PORT AUTHORITY PERMITS
PERMITS BY PORT AUTHORITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The commission may authorize a port authority to issue permits for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo on state highways located in counties:
(1) contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet opening into the gulf and:
(A) adjacent to at least two counties with a population of 550,000 or more; or
(B) bordering the United Mexican States; or
(2) contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet opening into the gulf with a population of not more than 200,000 and adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1)(A).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 967 (H.B. 1305), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 1420), Sec. 90, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 177 (H.B. 4156), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.623.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 2 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Transp. Code § 623.212. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 621.102AUTHORITY TO SET MAXIMUM WEIGHTS.Printed as Section 623.011, 623.071, 623.094, 623.121, 623.142, 623.181, 623.192, 623.212, or 623.321
- Tex. Transp. Code § 621.301COUNTY'S AUTHORITY TO SET MAXIMUM WEIGHTS.Printed as Section 623.011, 623.071, 623.094, 623.121, 623.142, 623.181, 623.192, 623.212, or 623.321
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