AN ACT
 1-1     relating to the regulation of land development by a political
 1-2     subdivision that affects certain property in or near certain road
 1-3     districts.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Chapter 3, Title 22, Revised Statutes, is amended
 1-6     by adding Article 726a to read as follows:
 1-7           Art. 726a.  LAND DEVELOPMENT IN ROAD DISTRICT WITH
 1-8     OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS
 1-9           Sec. 1.  DEFINITIONS.  In this article:
1-10                 (1)  "Affected area" means the area of, or within 1,500
1-11     feet outside the boundaries of, an assessment road district.
1-12                 (2)  "Assessment road district" means a road district
1-13     that has refinanced outstanding bonded indebtedness under Section
1-14     2.018, Article 726, Revised Statutes.
1-15                 (3)  "Land development" means any action necessary or
1-16     customary in connection with the construction of improvements on
1-17     real property.
1-18                 (4)  "Regulation" means any ordinance, rule,
1-19     regulation, or application or interpretation of an ordinance, rule,
1-20     regulation, or application.
1-21           Sec. 2.  CHANGES IN REGULATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT.  (a)  If,
1-22     after March 9, 1999, and before March 9, 2019, a political
1-23     subdivision changes regulations regarding land development that
1-24     apply to more than 20 percent of the land in an assessment road
 2-1     district in a manner that reduces the amount of impervious cover,
 2-2     as defined in the regulations, or that reduces the total allowable
 2-3     floor area of a building on developed land, the political
 2-4     subdivision, before the change takes effect, shall pay the
 2-5     outstanding bonded indebtedness of the assessment road district.
 2-6           (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to an affected land owner
 2-7     who agrees in writing to a regulation that reduces the amount of
 2-8     impervious cover or that reduces the total allowable floor area of
 2-9     a building on developed land.
2-10           Sec. 3.  ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY TO AN ASSESSMENT ROAD
2-11     DISTRICT.  (a)  A person who owns land in an affected area may
2-12     request that the governing body of an assessment road district
2-13     annex any part of the owner's land that is within two miles of the
2-14     district's boundaries.
2-15           (b)  On request under Subsection (a) of this section, the
2-16     governing body of the district by resolution may annex the land.
2-17           (c)  After annexation of the land under this section, the
2-18     governing body of the district shall reapportion the remaining
2-19     assessment on the owner's land on a per acre basis for all of the
2-20     owner's land in the district.
2-21           Sec. 4.  CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAW.  To the extent of any
2-22     conflict between this article and Chapter 245, Local Government
2-23     Code, that chapter prevails.
2-24           Sec. 5.  EXPIRATION.  This article expires March 10, 2019.
2-25           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1175 passed the Senate on
         April 29, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that
         the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 1999, by a
         viva-voce vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1175 passed the House, with
         amendment, on May 22, 1999, by a non-record vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
         _______________________________
                     Date
         _______________________________
                   Governor