S.B. No. 1614
AN ACT
relating to the requirement that certain orders closing,
abandoning, or vacating a county road be filed and indexed in the
deed records of the county where the road is located.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 251.058, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) Title to a public road or portion of a public road that
is closed, abandoned, and vacated to the center line of the road
vests on the date the order is signed by the county judge in the
owner of the property that abuts the portion of the road being
closed, abandoned, and vacated. A copy of the order shall be filed
in the deed records of the county and serves as the official
instrument of conveyance from the county to the owner of the
abutting property. The order shall:
(1) include the name of each property owner who
receives a conveyance under this section;
(2) include the dimensions of the property being
conveyed to each property owner; and
(3) be indexed in the deed records of the county in a
manner that describes:
(A) the county conveying the property as grantor;
and
(B) the property owner receiving the conveyance
as grantee.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1614 passed the Senate on
April 9, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1614 passed the House on
May 15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor