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         By Krusee                                             H.B. No. 2659
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2659:
         By Krusee                                         C.S.H.B. No. 2659
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the regulation of land development by a political
 1-3     subdivision that affects certain property in or near certain road
 1-4     districts.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  Chapter 3, Title 22, Revised Statutes, is amended
 1-7     by adding Article 726a to read as follows:
 1-8           Art. 726a.  LAND DEVELOPMENT IN ROAD DISTRICT WITH
 1-9     OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS
1-10           Sec. 1.  DEFINITIONS.  In this article:
1-11                 (1)  "Affected area" means the area of, or within 1,500
1-12     feet outside the boundaries of, an assessment road district.
1-13                 (2)  "Assessment road district" means a road district
1-14     that has refinanced outstanding bonded indebtedness under Section
1-15     2.018, Article 726, Revised Statutes.
1-16                 (3)  "Land development" means any action necessary or
1-17     customary in connection with the construction of improvements on
1-18     real property.
1-19                 (4)  "Regulation" means any ordinance, rule,
1-20     regulation, or application or interpretation of an ordinance, rule,
1-21     regulation, or application.
1-22           Sec. 2.  CHANGES IN REGULATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT.  (a)  If,
1-23     after March 9, 1999, and before March 9, 2019, a political
1-24     subdivision changes regulations regarding land development that
 2-1     apply to more than 20 percent of the land in an assessment road
 2-2     district in a manner that reduces the amount of impervious cover,
 2-3     as defined in the regulations, or that reduces the total allowable
 2-4     floor area of a building on developed land, the political
 2-5     subdivision, before the change takes effect, shall pay the
 2-6     outstanding bonded indebtedness of the assessment road district.
 2-7           (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to an affected land owner
 2-8     who agrees in writing to a regulation that reduces the amount of
 2-9     impervious cover or that reduces the total allowable floor area of
2-10     a building on developed land.
2-11           Sec. 3.  ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY TO AN ASSESSMENT ROAD
2-12     DISTRICT.  (a)  A person who owns land in an affected area may
2-13     request that the governing body of an assessment road district
2-14     annex any part of the owner's land that is within two miles of the
2-15     district's boundaries.
2-16           (b)  On request under Subsection (a) of this section, the
2-17     governing body of the district by resolution may annex the land.
2-18           (c)  After annexation of the land under this section, the
2-19     governing body of the district shall reapportion the remaining
2-20     assessment on the owner's land on a per acre basis for all of the
2-21     owner's land in the district.
2-22           Sec. 4.  EXPIRATION.  This article expires March 10, 2019.
2-23           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.