84R3302 JRR-F
By: Harless H.B. No. 1709
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the closing, abandoning, and vacating of a public road
by a county; authorizing the imposition of a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 251.058, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
(d) If a commissioners court closes, abandons, and vacates a
public road or a portion of a public road at the request of an owner
of property that abuts the portion of the road being closed,
abandoned, and vacated, the commissioners court may require the
owner to:
(1) pay all reasonable administrative costs incurred
for processing the request and recording the order described by
Subsection (b) in the county deed records; and
(2) reimburse the county for the market value of any
property interest conveyed to the owner.
(e) A county by order of the commissioners court may adopt
standard fees required to be paid under Subsection (d)(1) for
processing a request and recording an order.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
251.058, Transportation Code, applies only to a request to close,
abandon, and vacate a public road or a portion of a public road that
is submitted to a commissioners court on or after the effective date
of this Act. A request submitted to a commissioners court before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
request was submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. 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, 2015.