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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the conversion of a two-way frontage road to a one-way |
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frontage road by the Texas Department of Transportation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 203, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 203.035 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 203.035. CONVERSION OF TWO-WAY FRONTAGE ROAD TO |
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ONE-WAY FRONTAGE ROAD. The department may convert a frontage road |
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that provides for two-way movement of traffic to a frontage road |
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that provides for one-way movement of traffic unless: |
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(1) there is no corresponding frontage road on the |
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opposite side of the main-traveled lanes of the controlled access |
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highway associated with the frontage road for the circulation of |
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local traffic; and |
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(2) before the conversion is completed, a motion or |
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order objecting to the conversion is adopted and filed with the |
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district engineer for the applicable department district by: |
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(A) the commissioners court of the county in |
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which the frontage road is located; or |
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(B) if the frontage road or the portion of the |
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frontage road being converted is wholly contained within the |
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incorporated limits of a city, the city council or governing body of |
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the city in which the frontage road or the portion of the frontage |
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road is located. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |