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Texas Transportation Code - TRANSP § 623.406. Permit Conditions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In this section:

(1) “Port authority” means a port authority or navigation district created or operating under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(2) “Port of entry” has the meaning assigned by Section 621.001.

(b) The transportation of a sealed intermodal shipping container under a permit issued under this subchapter:

(1) must begin or end at a port authority or port of entry that is located in a county contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet opening into the gulf; and

(2) may not exceed 30 miles from the port authority or port of entry and must be on a highway or road described by Section 623.405(b).

(c) In addition to the requirements of Subsection (b), the intermodal shipping container must be continuously sealed from the point of origin to the point of destination with a seal that is required by:

(1) the United States Customs and Border Protection;

(2) the United States Food and Drug Administration; or

(3) federal law or regulation.

(d) A permit issued under this subchapter does not authorize the transportation of a material designated as of January 1, 2017, as a hazardous material by the United States secretary of transportation under 49 U.S.C. Section 5103(a).

(e) A permit issued under this subchapter does not authorize the transportation of a sealed intermodal shipping container in a county that borders New Mexico and the United Mexican States.

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