87R2823 MP-D
 
  By: Martinez H.B. No. 2700
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to agreements for municipal maintenance of state highway
  right-of-way.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 202, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 202.062 to read as follows:
         Sec. 202.062.  MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE OF STATE HIGHWAY
  RIGHT-OF-WAY.  (a)  The department and a municipality may enter into
  an agreement to allow the municipality to maintain all or a portion
  of the state highway right-of-way located within the municipality
  or the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
         (b)  An agreement entered into under this section must
  provide compensation to the municipality to maintain the
  right-of-way that is equal to the cost the department would incur if
  the department or a contractor acting on behalf of the department
  maintained the right-of-way.
         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, 2021.