BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 2121

By: King, Tracy O.

Transportation

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Certain counties expect a growth in population that, because of the population brackets specified in the various laws, will place them under the jurisdiction of provisions governing county road systems different from the provisions under which they currently are operating. Interested parties contend that this change will impede the counties' ability to achieve compliance with applicable statutory provisions as they will become subject to a different set of laws that many consider to be archaic. H.B. 2121 seeks to address this issue.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

H.B. 2121 repeals Chapter 300 (H.B. 490), Acts of the 52nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1951 (Article 6812b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), relating to the power and authority of the commissioners court of a county with a population of more than 198,000 and less than 400,000 containing an incorporated city with a population of more than 250,000 over rules, regulations, plans and system for the maintenance, laying out, opening, widening, draining, grading, constructing, building and repairing of the public roads of the county, other than state highways.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2015.