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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 83(R)

Senate Bill 1487

Senate Author:  Watson

Effective:  6-14-13

House Sponsor:  Fletcher


            Current law exempts a road to a cemetery from state law relating to the abandonment of a county road. Senate Bill 1487 amends the Transportation Code to create an exception to this exemption when an adjoining property owner who has enclosed the road with a fence continuously for at least 20 years files notice with the county clerk of the county in which the road is located that the owner agrees to provide reasonable access to the cemetery.