By: Homer (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 1671
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 14, 2007;
  May 15, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Intergovernmental Relations; May 18, 2007, reported favorably by
  the following vote:  Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 18, 2007, sent to
  printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to limiting the authority of a property owner to erect a
  gate on certain third-class and neighborhood roads.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 251.010, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  A person may not erect a gate under this section unless
  the gate is approved by the commissioners court of the county.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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