S.B. No. 1487
AN ACT
relating to the abandonment of a county road.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 251.057, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) This section does not apply to:
(1) a road to a cemetery, unless a property owner whose
property adjoins the road enclosed with a fence under Subsection
(a) files notice with the county clerk of the county in which the
road is located that the owner agrees to provide reasonable access
to the cemetery in accordance with Section 711.041, Health and
Safety Code; or
(2) an access road that is reasonably necessary to
reach adjoining real property.
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, 2013.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1487 passed the Senate on
April 18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 15, 2013, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1487 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 8, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147,
Nays 0, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor