By: Reynolds (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 2599
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 13, 2015, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 13, 2015, sent to
printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the ability of certain county assistance districts to
annex roads.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 387, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 387.0031 to read as follows:
Sec. 387.0031. INCLUSION OF ROADS IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS.
(a) This section applies only to a district created by a county with
a population of more than 580,000 that borders a county with a
population of more than four million.
(b) The governing body of a district by order may include in
the district a portion of a road, including associated drainage
areas, that is located in a municipality located in the county that
created the district if the municipality consents to the inclusion.
An election is not required to approve an order described by this
subsection.
(c) The district may use money available to the district to
perform maintenance or improvement on a road and the associated
drainage areas included in the district in accordance with this
section.
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, 2015.
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