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.