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AN ACT
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relating to the ability to mow, bale, shred, or hoe material on a |
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state highway right-of-way. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 202.059(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) In a county with a population of more than 10,000, if |
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[If] the person requesting permission under Subsection (a) is not |
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the owner of the real property adjacent to the right-of-way that is |
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the subject of the request, the district engineer must first |
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provide the owner of the property the option of mowing, baling, |
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shredding, or hoeing material on the right-of-way before granting |
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permission to another person. |
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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, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 463 was passed by the House on April |
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9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 2, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 463 on May 29, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 |
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present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 463 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |