By:  Lindsay                                                      S.B. No. 37 


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the precedence of highway access rules and ordinances 
of certain counties and municipalities over highway access 
management orders of the Texas Transportation Commission.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 203.032, Transportation 
Code, as added by Senate Bill No. 361, Acts of the 78th Legislature, 
Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  An order of the commission under Section 203.031(a)(2) 
or (4) does not supersede a conflicting rule or ordinance of a 
county with a population of 3.3 million or more, of a county 
adjacent to a county with a population of 3.3 million or more, or of 
a municipality, including a home-rule municipality, unless the 
United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway 
Administration notifies the department that enforcement of the 
county or municipal rule or ordinance would impair the ability of 
the state or the department to receive funds for highway 
construction or maintenance from the federal government.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect November 1, 2003.