By: West S.B. No. 194
(Coleman)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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.