By: Zaffirini  S.B. No. 66
         (In the Senate - Filed November 13, 2006; January 23, 2007,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and
  Homeland Security; February 5, 2007, reported favorably by the
  following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; February 5, 2007, sent to
  printer.)
 
 
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.
 
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