By Nixon S.B. No. 1399 76R6227 DRH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the operation of overweight vehicles on certain county 1-3 roads and bridges. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 623.018, Transportation Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: 1-7 (f) A vehicle that has a permit issued under Section 623.011 1-8 and that weighs more than the load limit set for a county road or 1-9 bridge may operate on the road or bridge only if the operator of 1-10 the vehicle provides the county with notice by telephone at least 1-11 24 hours before the vehicle is to be operated over the road or 1-12 bridge. Each county shall designate an office and a telephone 1-13 number for receipt of notice under this subsection and submit that 1-14 information to the department. If the county changes a designated 1-15 office or telephone number, the county shall submit the new 1-16 information to the department. The department shall maintain a 1-17 comprehensive list of the office and telephone number for each 1-18 county and make the list available to a holder of a permit issued 1-19 under Section 623.011. 1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.