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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the identification and administration of land located |
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in a 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 201.620 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 201.620. COOPERATIVE PLANNING WITH COUNTIES. (a) The |
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department and a county with a population of 750,000 or less may |
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enter into an agreement for the purpose of identifying future |
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transportation corridors within the county. The corridors |
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identified in the agreement must be derived from existing |
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transportation plans adopted by the department or commission, the |
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county, or a metropolitan planning organization. |
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(b) The department shall publish in the Texas Register and |
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in a newspaper of general circulation in the county with whom the |
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department has entered into an agreement under Subsection (a) a |
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notice that copies of the agreement and all plans referred to by the |
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agreement are available at one or more designated department |
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offices. |
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SECTION 2. Section 232.001(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) To be recorded, the plat must: |
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(1) describe the subdivision by metes and bounds; |
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(2) locate the subdivision with respect to an original |
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corner of the original survey of which it is a part; [and] |
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(3) state the dimensions of the subdivision and of |
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each lot, street, alley, square, park, or other part of the tract |
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intended to be dedicated to public use or for the use of purchasers |
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or owners of lots fronting on or adjacent to the street, alley, |
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square, park, or other part; and |
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(4) if the subdivision is located on land within a |
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future transportation corridor identified in an agreement under |
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Section 201.620, Transportation Code, state that fact. |
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SECTION 3. 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. DEVELOPMENT IN FUTURE TRANSPORTATION |
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CORRIDORS. (a) This section applies to a subdivision located on |
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land within a future transportation corridor identified in an |
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agreement under Section 201.620, Transportation Code. |
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(b) Each purchase contract or lease made between a |
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subdivider and a purchaser or lessee of land in the subdivision |
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shall contain a statement that the land is within a future |
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transportation corridor. |
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SECTION 4. Section 232.023, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) If the subdivision is located on land within a future |
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transportation corridor identified in an agreement under Section |
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201.620, Transportation Code, a plat required under this section |
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must state that fact. |
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SECTION 5. Subchapter B, Chapter 232, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 232.0251 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 232.0251. DEVELOPMENT IN FUTURE TRANSPORTATION |
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CORRIDORS. (a) This section applies to a subdivision located on |
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land within a future transportation corridor identified in an |
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agreement under Section 201.620, Transportation Code. |
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(b) Each purchase contract or lease made between a |
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subdivider and a purchaser or lessee of land in the subdivision |
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shall contain a statement that the land is within a future |
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transportation corridor. |
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SECTION 6. Section 232.100, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 232.100. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only |
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to the subdivision of the land that is[:
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[(1)] subject to county regulations under Subchapter A |
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or B[; and
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[(2)in a county that:
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[(A) has a population of 150,000 or more and is
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adjacent to an international border;
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[(B)has a population of 700,000 or more;
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[(C) is adjacent to a county with a population of
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700,000 or more and is within the same metropolitan statistical
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area as that adjacent county, as designated by the United States
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Office of Management and Budget; or
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[(D) is adjacent to a county with a population of
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700,000 or more, is not within the same metropolitan statistical
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area as that adjacent county, and has a population that has
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increased after the 1990 decennial census, from one decennial
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census to the next, by more than 40 percent]. |
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SECTION 7. Section 232.102, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 232.102. MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. By an order adopted |
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and entered in the minutes of the commissioners court and after a |
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notice is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the |
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county, the commissioners court may: |
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(1) require the dedication of land for use as a state |
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highway in accordance with a major thoroughfare plan adopted by the |
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county or the metropolitan planning organization of the region; |
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(2) require a right-of-way on a street or road that |
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functions as a major thoroughfare of a width of not more than 120 |
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feet; or |
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(3) [(2)] require a right-of-way on a street or road |
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that functions as a major thoroughfare of a width of more than 120 |
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feet, if such requirement is consistent with a transportation plan |
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adopted by the metropolitan planning organization of the region. |
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SECTION 8. This Act applies only to a plat filed on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |