| 1 | 1 | | 88R2226 DRS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Kitzman H.B. No. 1813 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to systems of county road administration in certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | counties. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 252.301(d), Transportation Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (d) Except as provided by Section 252.3011, a [A] county |
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| 13 | 13 | | that votes to adopt this subchapter may vote in the same manner to |
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| 14 | 14 | | discontinue use of this subchapter. |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 252, Transportation Code, |
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| 16 | 16 | | is amended by adding Section 252.3011 to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 252.3011. DISCONTINUATION OF COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT |
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| 18 | 18 | | SYSTEM IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a |
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| 19 | 19 | | county with a population of less than 75,000 that is adjacent to |
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| 20 | 20 | | three counties with populations of more than 450,000. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) The commissioners court of a county that has voted to |
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| 22 | 22 | | adopt this subchapter may discontinue the use of this subchapter by |
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| 23 | 23 | | an order made at a regular term of the court. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (c) The commissioners court shall enter the order in its |
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| 25 | 25 | | minutes. The order is not required to be in any particular form, |
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| 26 | 26 | | and substantial compliance with this section is sufficient. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (d) If the commissioners court discontinues the use of this |
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| 28 | 28 | | subchapter, Subchapter B applies to the county. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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