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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to traffic impact studies conducted before the issuance of |
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certain municipal utility district bonds. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 54.5162 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.5162. TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES CONDUCTED BEFORE |
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ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN BONDS. (a) This section applies only to a |
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district that is: |
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(1) authorized by general or special law to exercise |
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the power of eminent domain; and |
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(2) located wholly or partly in a county that: |
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(A) contains a portion of the Cedar Creek |
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Reservoir; and |
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(B) borders a county with a population of 2.6 |
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million or more. |
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(b) A district may not issue bonds to finance a road project |
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unless the district: |
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(1) conducts a traffic impact study of that portion of |
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each farm-to-market road, county road, state highway, interstate |
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highway, or other public road, including each intersection of the |
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road, located: |
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(A) inside the district; or |
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(B) within one-half mile of the district if the |
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road: |
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(i) crosses the boundaries of the district; |
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or |
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(ii) intersects a public road that crosses |
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the boundaries of the district; and |
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(2) submits the results of the study to the |
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commissioners court of each county in which the district is |
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located. |
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(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a district is not |
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required to conduct a traffic impact study of that portion of a |
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public road, including any intersection of the road, that is |
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located in another district with authority for road projects under |
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Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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(d) A traffic impact study conducted under this section must |
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project for each public road or intersection subject to the study |
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the potential changes to traffic patterns and volumes that would |
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result from the proposed road project. |
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(e) A traffic impact study conducted under this section must |
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be: |
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(1) conducted and submitted before the tract of land |
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served by the road project is platted; and |
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(2) updated if the original plat on file with the |
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county is revised or amended on or after the second anniversary of |
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the date the plat was submitted to the county. |
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(f) The commissioners court of a county may waive the |
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requirements of this section at the discretion of the commissioners |
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court. |
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(g) A traffic impact study conducted under this section |
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expires on the second anniversary of the date the study was |
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conducted. The commissioners court of a county may accept under |
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Subsection (b) a traffic impact study that has expired at the |
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discretion of the commissioners court. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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bonds issued on or after the effective date of this Act. Bonds |
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issued before the effective date of this Act are governed by the law |
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in effect when the bonds were issued, and that former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |