82R7793 JTS-D
By: Cook H.B. No. 1807
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to allowing a county to access state highway right-of-way
to remove trash and other debris from the right-of-way.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 202, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 202.062 to read as follows:
Sec. 202.062. COUNTY REMOVAL OF TRASH AND OTHER DEBRIS FROM
STATE HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY. (a) A county authorized by contract
with the department to remove trash and other debris from the
right-of-way of a highway in that county that is part of the state
highway system may remove trash and other debris from that
right-of-way.
(b) To the extent allowed by federal law, the department by
contract with the Navarro County Commissioners Court shall
authorize that county to use the right-of-way of a highway in that
county that is part of the state highway system for the removal of
trash and other debris from the highway right-of-way.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.