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Amend SB 361 as follows:
(1) In Section 1 of the bill, in amended Section 203.032(a), Transportation Code (engrossed version, page 1, line 9), strike
"Subsection (b)" and substitute "Subsections (b) and (d)".
(2) In Section 1 of the bill, in added Section 203.032(c),
Transportation Code (engrossed version, on page 1, line 22),
between "rights" and the period, insert "by having specifically
acquired abutters' rights of access from the adjacent property
owner, by specific deed language so indicated, or when constructing
limited-access toll roads and parkways without frontage roads that
would otherwise allow access, unless preexisting abutters' rights
of access to an existing roadway are impacted".
(3) In Section 1 of the bill, in amended Section 203.032,
Transportation Code (engrossed version, page 1, between lines 22
and 23), insert the following:
(d) Unless the United States Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration notifies the department that
enforcement of the rule or ordinance would impair the ability of
this state or the department to receive funds for highway
construction or maintenance from the federal government, an order
of the commission under Section 203.031 does not supersede a
conflicting highway access rule or ordinance of:
(1) the commissioners court of a county:
(A) with a population of 3.3 million or more; or
(B) that is adjacent to a county with a
population of 3.3 million or more; or
(2) the governing body of a municipality located in a
county:
(A) with a population of 3.3 million or more; or
(B) that is adjacent to a county with a
population of 3.3 million or more.