By:  Baxter                                                       H.B. No. 2577



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain highway access rules of the Texas 
Transportation Commission.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 203, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 203.0311 to read as follows:
	Sec. 203.311.  CHANGES TO CERTAIN HIGHWAY ACCESS RULES 
PROHIBITED.  (a)  In this section "development project" means:
		(1)  the subdivision of land;                                          
		(2)  the construction, reconstruction, redevelopment, 
conversion, structural alteration, relocation, or enlargement of 
any structure; or
		(3)  any change in use or extension of the use of land.                
	(b)  This section applies only to a development project that:           
		(1)  was in progress on January 1, 2003, or commenced on 
or after that date; and
		(2)  is subject to a highway access rules of the 
commission on the date that the owner of the development project 
incurs costs relating to the project.
	(c)  The commission may not adopt or enforce a new highway 
access rules, an amendment of the existing rules, or the repeal of 
rules, if the new or amended rules, or the repeal of the existing 
rules, materially affects the highway access of the development 
project.
	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 September 1, 2003.