1-1 By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1175 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 1999; March 11, 1999, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 1-4 Relations; April 16, 1999, reported adversely, with favorable 1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; 1-6 April 16, 1999, sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1175 By: Lindsay 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to the regulation of land development by a political 1-11 subdivision that affects certain property in or near certain road 1-12 districts. 1-13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-14 SECTION 1. Chapter 3, Title 22, Revised Statutes, is amended 1-15 by adding Article 726a to read as follows: 1-16 Art. 726a. LAND DEVELOPMENT IN ROAD DISTRICT WITH 1-17 OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS 1-18 Sec. 1. DEFINITIONS. In this article: 1-19 (1) "Affected area" means the area of, or within 1,500 1-20 feet outside the boundaries of, an assessment road district. 1-21 (2) "Assessment road district" means a road district 1-22 that has refinanced outstanding bonded indebtedness under Section 1-23 2.018, Article 726, Revised Statutes. 1-24 (3) "Land development" means any action necessary or 1-25 customary in connection with the construction of improvements on 1-26 real property. 1-27 (4) "Regulation" means any ordinance, rule, 1-28 regulation, or application or interpretation of an ordinance, rule, 1-29 regulation, or application. 1-30 Sec. 2. CHANGES IN REGULATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT. (a) If, 1-31 after March 9, 1999, and before March 9, 2019, a political 1-32 subdivision changes regulations regarding land development that 1-33 apply to more than 20 percent of the land in an assessment road 1-34 district in a manner that reduces the amount of impervious cover, 1-35 as defined in the regulations, or that reduces the total allowable 1-36 floor area of a building on developed land, the political 1-37 subdivision, before the change takes effect, shall pay the 1-38 outstanding bonded indebtedness of the assessment road district. 1-39 (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an affected land owner 1-40 who agrees in writing to a regulation that reduces the amount of 1-41 impervious cover or that reduces the total allowable floor area of 1-42 a building on developed land. 1-43 Sec. 3. ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY TO AN ASSESSMENT ROAD 1-44 DISTRICT. (a) A person who owns land in an affected area may 1-45 request that the governing body of an assessment road district 1-46 annex any part of the owner's land that is within two miles of the 1-47 district's boundaries. 1-48 (b) On request under Subsection (a) of this section, the 1-49 governing body of the district by resolution may annex the land. 1-50 (c) After annexation of the land under this section, the 1-51 governing body of the district shall reapportion the remaining 1-52 assessment on the owner's land on a per acre basis for all of the 1-53 owner's land in the district. 1-54 Sec. 4. EXPIRATION. This article expires March 10, 2019. 1-55 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-56 * * * * *