S.B. No. 1487
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the abandonment of a county road.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 251.057, Transportation
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This section does not apply to:
               (1)  a road to a cemetery, unless a property owner whose
  property adjoins the road enclosed with a fence under Subsection
  (a) files notice with the county clerk of the county in which the
  road is located that the owner agrees to provide reasonable access
  to the cemetery in accordance with Section 711.041, Health and
  Safety Code; or
               (2)  an access road that is reasonably necessary to
  reach adjoining real property.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1487 passed the Senate on
  April 18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 15, 2013, by the
  following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1487 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 8, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147,
  Nays 0, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor