By Oliveira                                           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.