SRC-LBB S.B. 1782 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1782
By: Lindsay
Infrastructure Development and Security
4/8/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

A recent review of highway access rules by the Texas Department of
Transportation has raised concerns in local communities regarding the
distance between curb cuts.  As proposed, S.B. 1782 provides that the
Texas Transportation Commission's orders under Section 203.031 (Control of
Access) do not supersede a municipal ordinance adopted by a county with a
population of 3.3 million or more or a municipality with a population of
1.5 million or more.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 203.032, Transportation Code, as follows:

 (a)  Creates this subdivision out of existing text.

(b)  Prohibits the Texas Transportation Commission, notwithstanding
Subsection (a), from adopting or enforcing an order under Section 203.031
that is applicable to highways located in a municipality with a population
of 1.5 million or more, including a home-rule municipality, or in a county
with a population of 3.3 million or more and is consistent with a highway
access rule, ordinance, or minute order adopted by the governing body of
the municipality or county. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  upon passage or September 1, 2003.