1-1 By: Oliveira, Solis (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 1469
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 9, 2001;
1-3 April 9, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 9, 2001, reported favorably by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 9, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to improvements to county roads and the assessment of
1-9 costs by the commissioners courts of certain counties.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Sections 286.002(a) and (b), Transportation Code,
1-12 are amended to read as follows:
1-13 (a) The commissioners court of the county may improve a
1-14 county road in the county by:
1-15 (1) filling, grading, raising, paving, or repairing
1-16 the road in a permanent manner;
1-17 (2) constructing, repairing, or realigning a curb,
1-18 gutter, or sidewalk; [or]
1-19 (3) constructing a drain or culvert; or
1-20 (4) installing a streetlight.
1-21 (b) The commissioners court by order may assess against
1-22 property abutting the portion of the county road to be improved and
1-23 against the owners of that property:
1-24 (1) all or part of the cost of:
1-25 (A) constructing, repairing, or realigning a
1-26 curb, gutter, or sidewalk; or
1-27 (B) installing a streetlight; and
1-28 (2) not more than nine-tenths of the cost of any other
1-29 improvement.
1-30 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-31 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-32 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-33 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-34 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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