By Corte H.B. No. 3406 75R2836 DWS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to railroad bridges, crossings, and rights-of-way. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 6, Title 112, Revised Statutes, is 1-5 amended by adding Article 6340A to read as follows: 1-6 Art. 6340A. REGULATION OF BRIDGES, CROSSINGS, AND 1-7 RIGHTS-OF-WAY. The Railroad Commission of Texas by rule shall 1-8 require each railroad company to: 1-9 (1) construct or reconstruct, as necessary, and 1-10 maintain each bridge over which the company's road crosses a stream 1-11 of water so that the bridge will not increase flooding of 1-12 surrounding areas during times of flood conditions; 1-13 (2) properly maintain all crossings of public roads; 1-14 and 1-15 (3) maintain all of the company's rights-of-way in a 1-16 manner that protects the environment, particularly against the 1-17 spread of plant disease. 1-18 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-23 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-24 passage, and it is so enacted.