By Menendez H.B. No. 3308 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to applicability of county road requirements to public and 1-3 private subdivisions. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 232.003, Local Government Code, is amended 1-6 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 232.003. SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS. By an order adopted 1-8 and entered in the minutes of the commissioners court, and after 1-9 notice is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the 1-10 county, the commissioners court may: 1-11 (1) require a right-of-way on a street or road that 1-12 functions as a main artery in a subdivision, of a width of not less 1-13 than 50 feet or more than 100 feet; 1-14 (2) require a right-of-way on any other street or road 1-15 in a subdivision of not less than 40 feet or more than 70 feet; 1-16 (3) require that the shoulder-to-shoulder width on 1-17 collectors or main arteries within the right-of-way be not less 1-18 than 32 feet or more than 56 feet, and that the 1-19 shoulder-to-shoulder width on any street or road be not less than 1-20 25 feet or more than 35 feet; 1-21 (4) adopt, based on the amount and kind of travel over 1-22 each street or road in a subdivision, reasonable specifications 1-23 relating to the construction of each street or road; 2-1 (5) adopt reasonable specifications to provide 2-2 adequate drainage for each street or road in a subdivision in 2-3 accordance with standard engineering practices; 2-4 (6) require that each purchase contract made between a 2-5 subdivider and a purchaser of land in the subdivision contain a 2-6 statement describing the extent to which water will be made 2-7 available to the subdivision and, if it will be made available, how 2-8 and when; 2-9 (7) require that the owner of the tract to be 2-10 subdivided execute a good and sufficient bond in the manner 2-11 provided by Section 232.004; 2-12 (8) adopt reasonable specifications that provide for 2-13 drainage in the subdivision to: 2-14 (A) efficiently manage the flow of stormwater 2-15 runoff in the subdivision; and 2-16 (B) coordinate subdivision drainage with the 2-17 general storm drainage pattern for the area; and 2-18 (9) require lot and block monumentation to be set by a 2-19 registered professional surveyor before recordation of the plat. 2-20 Sec. 232.0031. STANDARD FOR ROADS IN SUBDIVISION. A county 2-21 may not impose under Section 232.003 a higher standard for streets 2-22 or roads in a subdivision than the county imposes on itself for the 2-23 construction of streets or roads with a similar type and amount of 2-24 traffic. This section applies to public and private subdivisions. 2-25 SECTION 2. This act takes affect September 1, 2001.