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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the identification and regulation of land located in a |
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future transportation corridor of a county. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 201.619 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 201.619. COOPERATIVE PLANNING WITH COUNTIES. (a) In |
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this section, "corridor" means a geographical band that follows a |
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general directional flow connecting major sources of trips. |
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(b) The department and a county may enter into an agreement |
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that identifies future transportation corridors within the county |
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in accordance with this subsection. The corridors identified in |
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the agreement must be derived from existing transportation plans |
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adopted by the department or commission, the county, or a |
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metropolitan planning organization. |
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(c) The department shall publish in the Texas Register and |
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in a newspaper of general circulation in the county with which the |
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department has entered into an agreement under Subsection (b) a |
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notice that states that the department and the county have entered |
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into the agreement and that copies of the agreement and all plans |
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referred to by the agreement are available at one or more designated |
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department offices. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 232.0033 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 232.0033. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: FUTURE |
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TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS. (a) This section applies to each county |
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in the state. The requirements provided by this section are in |
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addition to the other requirements of this chapter. |
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(b) If all or part of a subdivision for which a plat is |
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required under this chapter is located within a future |
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transportation corridor identified in an agreement under Section |
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201.619, Transportation Code: |
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(1) the commissioners court of a county in which the |
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land is located: |
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(A) shall refuse to approve the plat for |
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recordation unless the plat states that the subdivision is located |
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within the future transportation corridor; and |
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(B) may refuse to approve the plat for |
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recordation if all or part of the subdivision is located within the |
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area of the alignment of a transportation project as shown in the |
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environmental decision document applicable to the future |
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transportation corridor; and |
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(2) each purchase contract or lease between the |
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subdivider and a purchaser or lessee of land in the subdivision must |
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contain a conspicuous statement that the land is within the future |
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transportation corridor. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies only to a plat filed under |
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Chapter 232, Local Government Code, on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |