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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the annexation of county roads. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.106, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.106. ANNEXATION OF COUNTY ROADS REQUIRED IN CERTAIN |
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CIRCUMSTANCES. (a) A municipality that proposes to annex any |
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portion of a [paved] county road or territory that abuts a county |
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road must also annex the entire width of the county road and the |
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adjacent right-of-way on both sides of the county road. |
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(b) If a road annexed under Subsection (a) is a gravel road, |
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the county retains control of granting access to the road and its |
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right-of-way from property that: |
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(1) is not located in the boundaries of the annexing |
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municipality; and |
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(2) is adjacent to the road and right-of-way. |
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SECTION 2. Section 43.106, Local Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies to an area proposed for annexation on |
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or after the effective date of this Act or before the effective date |
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of this Act if the statutory requirements for annexation under |
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Subchapter C or C-1, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, have not |
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been completed before the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |