By: Springer (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 463
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 13, 2015;
April 30, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 22, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1;
May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 463 By: Kolkhorst
COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
NicholsX
HuffinesX
EllisX
FraserX
GarciaX
HallX
HancockX
KolkhorstX
TaylorofCollinX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the ability to mow, bale, shred, or hoe material on a
state highway right-of-way.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 202.059(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) In a county with a population of more than 10,000, if
[If] the person requesting permission under Subsection (a) is not
the owner of the real property adjacent to the right-of-way that is
the subject of the request, the district engineer must first
provide the owner of the property the option of mowing, baling,
shredding, or hoeing material on the right-of-way before granting
permission to another person.
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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