84R9294 JTS-F
By: Lozano H.B. No. 1791
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the annexation of county roads.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.106, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 43.106. ANNEXATION OF COUNTY ROADS REQUIRED IN CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES. A municipality that proposes to annex any portion
of a [paved] county road or territory that abuts a county road must
also annex the entire width of the county road and the adjacent
right-of-way on both sides of the county road.
SECTION 2. Section 43.106, Local Government Code, as
amended by this Act, applies to an area proposed for annexation on
or after the effective date of this Act or before the effective date
of this Act if the statutory requirements for annexation under
Subchapter C or C-1, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, have not
been completed before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.