Bill Text: TX SB790 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to systems of county road administration in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-14 - Referred to Transportation [SB790 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB790-Engrossed.html
| By: Kolkhorst, Huffman | S.B. No. 790 | |
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| relating to systems of county road administration in certain | ||
| counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 252.301(d), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (d) Except as provided by Section 252.3011, a [ |
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| that votes to adopt this subchapter may vote in the same manner to | ||
| discontinue use of this subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 252, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 252.3011 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 252.3011. DISCONTINUATION OF COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT | ||
| SYSTEM IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a | ||
| county with a population of less than 75,000 that is adjacent to | ||
| three counties with populations of more than 450,000. | ||
| (b) The commissioners court of a county that has voted to | ||
| adopt this subchapter may discontinue the use of this subchapter by | ||
| an order made at a regular term of the court. | ||
| (c) The commissioners court shall enter the order in its | ||
| minutes. The order is not required to be in any particular form, | ||
| and substantial compliance with this section is sufficient. | ||
| (d) If the commissioners court discontinues the use of this | ||
| subchapter, Subchapter B applies to the county. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
