By Oliveira, Solis H.B. No. 1469
77R3707 SMJ-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to improvements to county roads and the assessment of
1-3 costs by the commissioners courts of certain counties.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 286.002(a) and (b), Transportation Code,
1-6 are amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) The commissioners court of the county may improve a
1-8 county road in the county by:
1-9 (1) filling, grading, raising, paving, or repairing
1-10 the road in a permanent manner;
1-11 (2) constructing, repairing, or realigning a curb,
1-12 gutter, or sidewalk; [or]
1-13 (3) constructing a drain or culvert; or
1-14 (4) installing a streetlight.
1-15 (b) The commissioners court by order may assess against
1-16 property abutting the portion of the county road to be improved and
1-17 against the owners of that property:
1-18 (1) all or part of the cost of:
1-19 (A) constructing, repairing, or realigning a
1-20 curb, gutter, or sidewalk; or
1-21 (B) installing a streetlight; and
1-22 (2) not more than nine-tenths of the cost of any other
1-23 improvement.
1-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-1 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-2 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-3 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-4 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.