By Burnam                                              H.B. No. 958
         77R1499 PAM-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the annexation of county roads.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 43, Local Government Code,
 1-5     is amended by adding Section 43.106 to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 43.106.  ANNEXATION OF COUNTY ROADS REQUIRED IN CERTAIN
 1-7     CIRCUMSTANCES. A municipality that proposes to annex an area
 1-8     adjacent to a county road must also annex the section of county
 1-9     road adjacent to the area, including the right-of-way on each side
1-10     of the road.
1-11           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-12           SECTION 3. (a)  This section applies only to a proposed
1-13     annexation that is subject to Section 43.052, Local Government
1-14     Code, as that law exists on or after September 1, 1999.
1-15           (b)  The change in law made by this Act by the addition of
1-16     Section 43.106, Local Government Code, applies to the annexation of
1-17     an area included in a municipality's annexation plan under Section
1-18     43.052, Local Government Code, regardless of the date on which the
1-19     area was included in the plan.
1-20           (c)  If before September 1, 2001, a municipality included an
1-21     area adjacent to a county road in its plan without including the
1-22     section of county road adjacent to the area and the right-of-way on
1-23     each side of the county road, the municipality shall amend its plan
1-24     on or before December 1, 2001, as provided by Section 43.052, Local
 2-1     Government Code, to include that additional area in the plan.
 2-2           (d)  A municipality that amends its plan as provided by
 2-3     Subsection (c) of this section must complete the annexation of the
 2-4     area adjacent to the county road that was already included in its
 2-5     annexation plan together with the additional area included in the
 2-6     amendment to the plan within the 31-day period after the third
 2-7     anniversary of the date the plan was amended under Subsection (c)
 2-8     of this section.
 2-9           (e)  For purposes of completing the annexation of an area
2-10     adjacent to a county road that was already included in the
2-11     municipality's annexation plan as described by Subsection (c) of
2-12     this section, Section 43.052(g), Local Government Code, is
2-13     superseded by Subsection (d) of this section.
2-14           SECTION 4. (a)  This section applies only to a proposed
2-15     annexation that is subject to Section 43.063, Local Government
2-16     Code.
2-17           (b)  The change in law made by this Act by the addition of
2-18     Section 43.106, Local Government Code, applies only to an
2-19     annexation for which the first hearing notice required by Section
2-20     43.063, Local Government Code, is published on or after September
2-21     1, 2001.
2-22           SECTION 5. (a)  This section applies only to a proposed
2-23     annexation that is subject to Section 43.052, Local Government
2-24     Code, as that law existed immediately before September 1, 1999.
2-25           (b)  The change in law made by this Act by the addition of
2-26     Section 43.106, Local Government Code, applies to the annexation of
2-27     an area that is not included in an annexation plan during the
 3-1     period beginning December 31, 1999, and ending December 31, 2002,
 3-2     only if the first hearing notice required by Section 43.052, Local
 3-3     Government Code, as it existed immediately before September 1,
 3-4     1999, is published on or after September 1, 2001.