By Uher H.B. No. 1681 76R6689 JD-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the construction and rehabilitation of bridges. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, 1-5 is amended by adding Section 201.804 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 201.804. SUBMISSION OF BRIDGE DESIGN PLANS TO 1-7 DEPARTMENT. (a) This section applies to any governmental entity 1-8 of this state that is authorized by law to construct or maintain a 1-9 public road and that: 1-10 (1) constructs or rehabilitates a bridge; 1-11 (2) proposes to assume responsibility for a bridge 1-12 constructed or rehabilitated by another person; or 1-13 (3) issues a permit for the construction or 1-14 rehabilitation of a bridge by another person. 1-15 (b) Before the 31st day after the date the construction or 1-16 rehabilitation of the bridge is completed, the governmental entity 1-17 shall submit to the department the structural design plans for the 1-18 bridge and any supporting documents required by the department. 1-19 (c) The department shall use information submitted under 1-20 Subsection (b) as necessary in seeking to comply with 23 C.F.R. 1-21 Part 650, Subpart C. 1-22 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-3 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-4 passage, and it is so enacted.