84R24157 JTS-F
 
  By: Springer, Lozano H.B. No. 1949
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the annexation of county roads.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 43.106, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 43.106.  ANNEXATION OF COUNTY ROADS REQUIRED IN CERTAIN
  CIRCUMSTANCES. (a)  A municipality that proposes to annex any
  portion of a [paved] county road or territory that abuts a county
  road must also annex the entire width of the county road and the
  adjacent right-of-way on both sides of the county road.
         (b)  If a road annexed under Subsection (a) is a gravel road,
  the county retains control of granting access to the road and its
  right-of-way from property that:
               (1)  is not located in the boundaries of the annexing
  municipality; and
               (2)  is adjacent to the road and right-of-way.
         SECTION 2.  Section 43.106, Local Government Code, as
  amended by this Act, applies to an area proposed for annexation on
  or after the effective date of this Act or before the effective date
  of this Act if the statutory requirements for annexation under
  Subchapter C or C-1, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, have not
  been completed before the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.