87R14158 TYPED
By: Biedermann H.B. No. 3884
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a county to regulate lot frontages on
certain roads.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 232.103, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 232.103. LOT FRONTAGES. (a) By an order adopted and
entered in the minutes of the commissioners court and after a notice
is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county,
the commissioners court may adopt reasonable standards for minimum
lot frontages on existing county roads and establish reasonable
standards for the lot frontages in relation to curves in the road.
(b) A commissioners court may adopt reasonable standards
for minimum lot frontages on all proposed and existing roads in the
unincorporated area of the county if authorized to do so by the
qualified voters of the county at an election held for that purpose.
The commissioners court shall order an election under this
subsection on receipt of a petition signed by a number of registered
voters equal to at least 20 percent of the number of qualified
voters who voted in the most recent county election. The
commissioners court may not call the election on its own motion.
(1) Subsection (b) only applies to a county that:
(a) has a population between 30,000 and 40,000
(b) borders a county with a population of 1.7
million
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, 2021.