86R13321 JTS-F
 
  By: Parker H.B. No. 3714
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the establishment of street lights along county roads
  in the unincorporated area of certain counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 280.003, Transportation
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 280.003.  STREET LIGHTS ON COUNTY ROADS [IN SUBDIVISION
  LOCATED] IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
         SECTION 2.  Section 280.003, Transportation Code, is amended
  by amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsection
  (b-1) to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to the unincorporated area of
  a county:
               (1)  that has any of its territory located within 150
  miles of an international boundary; or
               (2)  with a population of more than 650,000 that is
  adjacent to two counties, each of which has a population of more
  than 1.8 million.
         (b)  The commissioners court of a county may by order provide
  for the establishment of street lights along a county road [located
  in a subdivision]. The order may provide for:
               (1)  the installation, operation, and maintenance of
  the street lights by:
                     (A)  the county; or
                     (B)  another public or private entity with which
  the county may contract;
               (2)  the imposition of a fee on landowners [in the
  subdivision] who benefit from the street lights;
               (3)  the collection of a fee imposed under this
  subsection by the county tax assessor-collector; and
               (4)  any other matter the commissioners court finds
  necessary to the installation, operation, or maintenance of the
  street lights.
         (b-1)  Street lights installed by a county:
               (1)  must be installed in a subdivision if the lights
  are installed by a county described by Subsection (a)(1); and
               (2)  may not be located on private property if the
  lights are installed by a county described by Subsection (a)(2).
         (c)  This section does not supersede applicable provisions
  for street light service contained in the tariff of an electric
  utility that provides service to the area in which the lights are
  installed [to the subdivision].
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.