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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement that certain orders closing, |
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abandoning, or vacating a county road be filed and indexed in the |
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deed records of the county where the road is located. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 251.058(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Title to a public road or portion of a public road that |
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is closed, abandoned, and vacated to the center line of the road |
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vests on the date the order is signed by the county judge in the |
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owner of the property that abuts the portion of the road being |
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closed, abandoned, and vacated. A copy of the order shall be filed |
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in the deed records of the county and serves as the official |
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instrument of conveyance from the county to the owner of the |
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abutting property. The order shall: |
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(1) include the name of each property owner who |
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receives a conveyance under this section; |
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(2) include the dimensions of the property being |
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conveyed to each property owner; and |
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(3) be indexed in the deed records of the county in a |
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manner that describes: |
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(A) the county conveying the property as grantor; |
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and |
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(B) the property owner receiving the conveyance |
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as grantee. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |