By Alexander H.B. No. 2595 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the closure or restricted use of bridges under the 1-3 jurisdiction of a municipality or county. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 116, Revised Statutes, is 1-6 amended by adding Article 6674o-2 to read as follows: 1-7 Art. 6673o-2. The governing body of a municipalilty or 1-8 county which is notified by the Texas Department of Transportation 1-9 that a bridge on any highway or road under the jurisdiction of the 1-10 municipality or county does not satisfy the standards of 23 United 1-11 States Code Sections 650.301 et seq., as determined by a Department 1-12 inspection and rating pursuant to such law, shall post such notices 1-13 on the highway or road as may be necessary to forbid or otherwise 1-14 restrict use of the bridge consistent with the rating and to enable 1-15 drivers to make detours to avoid the closed or restricted bridge. 1-16 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-21 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-22 passage, and it is so enacted.