By: Miller (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 3504
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017;
May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 17, 2017, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of certain county assistance districts to
annex public rights-of-way and county-owned property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 387.0031, Local
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 387.0031. INCLUSION OF ROADS OR COUNTY PROPERTY IN
CERTAIN DISTRICTS.
SECTION 2. Section 387.0031, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection
(b-1) to read as follows:
(b) The governing body of a district by order may include in
the district a portion of a road or public right-of-way, including
associated drainage areas, or county-owned property that is being
used for a public purpose if:
(1) the road, public right-of-way, or county-owned
property [that] is located in a municipality located in the county
that created the district; and
(2) [if] the municipality consents to the inclusion.
(b-1) An election is not required to approve an order
described by Subsection (b) [this subsection].
(c) The district may use money available to the district to
perform any function of the district under this chapter
[maintenance or improvement] on a road or public right-of-way,
including [and the] associated drainage areas, or any property
included in the district in accordance with this section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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