BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 2999

By: Goldman

Transportation

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Homeowners in private subdivisions or gated communities have raised concerns to local governments regarding the lack of traffic rule enforcement on subdivision roads. Current law allows certain counties to extend their traffic rules to the roads of a private subdivision located in an unincorporated area of the county when requested to do so by a certain percentage of subdivision residents or by the entity that maintains the roads, but this authorization is limited to counties with a population of 500,000 or less. H.B. 2999 would make this authorization applicable to all counties.

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. 2999 amends the Transportation Code to expand to all counties the authorization for a commissioners court to extend any traffic rules that apply to a county road to the privately maintained roads of a subdivision in an unincorporated area of the county on petition of 25 percent of the property owners residing in the subdivision or on request of the governing body of the entity that maintains those roads.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2023.