Bill Text: TX SB194 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to ingress and egress for access by emergency vehicles and for use during evacuations in certain new residential subdivisions.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB194 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB194-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 194 | ||
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| relating to ingress and egress for access by emergency vehicles and | ||
| for use during evacuations in certain new residential subdivisions. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 232.0034 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 232.0034. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: ACCESS BY | ||
| EMERGENCY VEHICLES. (a) This section applies only to a | ||
| residential subdivision that is subdivided into 1,000 or more lots | ||
| in the unincorporated area of a county. | ||
| (b) The commissioners court shall adopt infrastructure | ||
| standards requiring at least two means of ingress and egress in the | ||
| subdivision to provide for sufficient routes of travel for use by | ||
| emergency vehicles and for use during evacuations resulting from | ||
| fire or other natural disasters. | ||
| (c) This section does not limit the authority of a | ||
| commissioners court under other existing laws, as applicable, to | ||
| adopt infrastructure standards that are more stringent than | ||
| standards required by this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies to a residential subdivision | ||
| for which a plat is filed under Chapter 232, Local Government Code, | ||
| on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 194 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 194 passed the House on | ||
| May 14, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
