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            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to the establishment and posting of the maximum loads | 
         
            |  | permitted on certain bridges. | 
         
            |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
            |  | SECTION 1.  Section 201.8035, Transportation Code, is | 
         
            |  | amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | 
         
            |  | (c)  The department may post a notice required under | 
         
            |  | Subsection (b) for a bridge under the jurisdiction of a county or a | 
         
            |  | municipality if the department is required or authorized under | 
         
            |  | federal law to post the notice.  The notice must be posted in | 
         
            |  | accordance with federal law. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | 
         
            |  | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | 
         
            |  | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this | 
         
            |  | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | 
         
            |  | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
         
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            |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1023 passed the Senate on | 
         
            |  | April 3, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
         
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            |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1023 passed the House on | 
         
            |  | May 5, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, | 
         
            |  | two present not voting. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
         
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            |  | Approved: | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
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            |  | Governor |