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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the abandonment of a county road. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 251.057, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) This section does not apply to: |
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(1) a road to a cemetery, unless a property owner who |
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enclosed the road with a fence under Subsection (a) files notice |
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with the county clerk of the county in which the road is located |
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that the owner agrees to provide reasonable access to the cemetery |
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in accordance with Section 711.041, Health and Safety Code; or |
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(2) an access road that is reasonably necessary to |
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reach adjoining real property. |
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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, 2013. |