By: Murphy (Senate Sponsor - Carona) H.B. No. 1857
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2007;
  May 8, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Transportation and Homeland Security; May 19, 2007, reported
  favorably, as amended, by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0;
  May 19, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By:  Carona
 
 
         Amend H.B. 1857 as follows:
         (1)  Strike Section 232.0033, Local Government Code
  (engrossed version page 2, lines 1-22), and substitute the
  following:
         Sec. 232.0033.  ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:  FUTURE
  TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS.  (a)  This section applies to each county
  in the state.  The requirements provided by this section are in
  addition to the other requirements of this chapter.
         (b)  If all or part of a subdivision for which a plat is
  required under this chapter is located within a future
  transportation corridor identified in an agreement under Section
  201.619, Transportation Code:
               (1)  the commissioners court of a county in which the
  land is located:
                     (A)  may refuse to approve the plat for
  recordation unless the plat states that the subdivision is located
  within the area of the alignment of a transportation project as
  shown in the final environmental decision document that is
  applicable to the future transportation corridor; and
                     (B)  may refuse to approve the plat for
  recordation if all or part of the subdivision is located within the
  area of the alignment of a transportation project as shown in the
  final environmental decision document that is applicable to the
  future transportation corridor; and
               (2)  each purchase contract or lease between the
  subdivider and a purchaser or lessee of land in the subdivision must
  contain a conspicuous statement that the land is located within the
  area of the alignment of a transportation project as shown in the
  final environmental decision document that is applicable to the
  future transportation corridor.
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the identification and regulation of land located in a
  future transportation corridor of a county.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 201.619 to read as follows:
         Sec. 201.619.  COOPERATIVE PLANNING WITH COUNTIES. (a) In
  this section, "corridor" means a geographical band that follows a
  general directional flow connecting major sources of trips.
         (b)  The department and a county may enter into an agreement
  that identifies future transportation corridors within the county
  in accordance with this subsection. The corridors identified in
  the agreement must be derived from existing transportation plans
  adopted by the department or commission, the county, or a
  metropolitan planning organization.
         (c)  The department shall publish in the Texas Register and
  in a newspaper of general circulation in the county with which the
  department has entered into an agreement under Subsection (b) a
  notice that states that the department and the county have entered
  into the agreement and that copies of the agreement and all plans
  referred to by the agreement are available at one or more designated
  department offices.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 232.0033 to read as follows:
         Sec. 232.0033.  ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: FUTURE
  TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS. (a)  This section applies to each county
  in the state.  The requirements provided by this section are in
  addition to the other requirements of this chapter.
         (b)  If all or part of a subdivision for which a plat is
  required under this chapter is located within a future
  transportation corridor identified in an agreement under Section
  201.619, Transportation Code:
               (1)  the commissioners court of a county in which the
  land is located:
                     (A)  shall refuse to approve the plat for
  recordation unless the plat states that the subdivision is located
  within the future transportation corridor; and
                     (B)  may refuse to approve the plat for
  recordation if all or part of the subdivision is located within the
  area of the alignment of a transportation project as shown in the
  environmental decision document applicable to the future
  transportation corridor; and
               (2)  each purchase contract or lease between the
  subdivider and a purchaser or lessee of land in the subdivision must
  contain a conspicuous statement that the land is within the future
  transportation corridor.
         SECTION 3.  This Act applies only to a plat filed under
  Chapter 232, Local Government Code, on or after the effective date
  of this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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