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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 whose |
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property adjoins the road enclosed with a fence under Subsection |
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(a) files notice with the county clerk of the county in which the |
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road is located that the owner agrees to provide reasonable access |
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to the cemetery in accordance with Section 711.041, Health and |
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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. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1487 passed the Senate on |
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April 18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 15, 2013, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1487 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 8, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |