Bill Text: TX HB1791 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the annexation of county roads.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-12 - Referred to Land & Resource Management [HB1791 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1791-Introduced.html
  84R9294 JTS-F
 
  By: Lozano H.B. No. 1791
 
 
 
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 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.
         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.
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