By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 66
 
 
 
   
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the construction of cattle guards on county roads.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 251.009, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
       Sec. 251.009.  CONSTRUCTION OF CATTLE GUARDS ON COUNTY ROADS
[IN CERTAIN COUNTIES]; OFFENSE.
       SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Section 251.009, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
       (a)  The commissioners court of a county [with a population
of less than 60,000] may authorize the construction of cattle
guards on a county road of any class. A cattle guard authorized
under this section is not an obstruction of the road.
       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.