By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1175 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 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. EXPIRATION. This article expires March 10, 2019. 2-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.