By Alexander H.B. No. 3033 74R8021 DRH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to a certificate of convenience and public necessity 1-3 issued to a motor carrier. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. (a) All certificates of convenience and public 1-6 necessity issued under Chapter 314, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 1-7 Regular Session, 1929 (Article 911b, Vernon's Texas Civil 1-8 Statutes), are canceled. 1-9 (b) A person may operate as a motor carrier in this state if 1-10 the person complies with: 1-11 (1) insurance requirements the Texas Department of 1-12 Transportation adopts by rule; and 1-13 (2) motor carrier safety standards the Department of 1-14 Public Safety of the State of Texas adopts by rule. 1-15 (c) A person holding a certificate described by Subsection 1-16 (a): 1-17 (1) shall mail the certificate to the Railroad 1-18 Commission of Texas for cancellation not later than the 30th day 1-19 after the effective date of this Act; and 1-20 (2) may not operate as a motor carrier unless the 1-21 person complies with rules adopted under Subsection (b) of this 1-22 section. 1-23 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-4 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-5 passage, and it is so enacted.