By Dukes H.B. No. 3747 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the transport of hazardous materials through cities. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. For the purposes of this act, city means an area 1-5 of businesses, residences, and other structures or entities which 1-6 contain more than 500,000 people and do not already have 1-7 ordinances, rules or statutes that restrict the transport of 1-8 hazardous materials on federal, county, or state roadways. 1-9 SECTION 2. No trucks or trailers carrying hazardous 1-10 materials shall travel through any city during peak transportation 1-11 hours. 1-12 SECTION 3. Each city shall establish their peak 1-13 transportation hours. 1-14 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-15 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the 1-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.