By McCall H.B. No. 50 74R398 DRH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to fees for permits to install driveways or utility 1-3 facilities on state highway system rights-of-way. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 116, Revised Statutes, is 1-6 amended by adding Article 6673n to read as follows: 1-7 Art. 6673n. FEES FOR PERMITS FOR DRIVEWAYS AND UTILITIES. 1-8 (a) The department may by rule require a permit for: 1-9 (1) the construction of a driveway, parking lot, or 1-10 other private way that directly connects to a road or highway in 1-11 the state highway system; or 1-12 (2) the installation of utility facilities on a 1-13 right-of-way owned by the department. 1-14 (b) The department may charge a fee for the issuance of a 1-15 permit under Subsection (a) of this article in an amount not to 1-16 exceed the lesser of: 1-17 (1) $100; or 1-18 (2) the actual cost of issuing a permit under this 1-19 article. 1-20 (c) Fees collected under this article shall be deposited to 1-21 the credit of the state highway fund. 1-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-23 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.