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.
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