By: Madla S.B. No. 1537 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 the applicability of county road requirements to public 1-3 and 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 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 232.003. Subdivision Requirements. By an order adopted and 1-8 entered in the minutes of the commissioners court, and after a 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 1-18 the right-of-way be not less than 32 feet or more than 56 feet, and 1-19 that the shoulder-to-shoulder width on any other street or road be 1-20 not less than 25 feet or more than 35 feet; 1-21 (4) adopt, based on the amount and kind of travel 1-22 over each street or road in a 1-23 subdivision, reasonable specifications relating to the construction 2-1 of each street or road; 2-2 (5) adopt reasonable specifications to provide 2-3 adequate drainage for each street or 2-4 road in a subdivision in accordance with standard engineering 2-5 practices; 2-6 (6) require that each purchase contract made between 2-7 a subdivider and a purchaser 2-8 of land in the subdivision contain a statement describing the 2-9 extent to which water will be made available to the subdivision 2-10 and, if it will be made available, how and when; 2-11 (7) require that the owner of the tract to be 2-12 subdivided 2-13 execute a good and sufficient bond in the manner provided by 2-14 Section 232.004; 2-15 (8) adopt reasonable specifications that provide for 2-16 drainage in the subdivision to: 2-17 (A) efficiently manage the flow of stormwater 2-18 runoff in the subdivision; and 2-19 (B) coordinate subdivision drainage with the 2-20 general storm drainage pattern for the area; and 2-21 (9) require lot and block monumentation to be set by 2-22 a registered professional 2-23 surveyor before recordation of the plat. 2-24 232.0031. Standard for Roads in Subdivision. 2-25 A county may not impose under Section 232.003 a higher 2-26 standard for streets or roads in a subdivision than the county 3-1 imposes on itself for the construction of streets or roads with a 3-2 similar type and amount of traffic. This section applies to public 3-3 and private subdivisions. 3-4 SECTION 2. This act takes effect September 1, 2001.