By: Kolkhorst, Huffman S.B. No. 790
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to systems of county road administration in certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 252.301(d), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) Except as provided by Section 252.3011, a [A] county
that votes to adopt this subchapter may vote in the same manner to
discontinue use of this subchapter.
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 252, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 252.3011 to read as follows:
Sec. 252.3011. DISCONTINUATION OF COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT
SYSTEM IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a
county with a population of less than 75,000 that is adjacent to
three counties with populations of more than 450,000.
(b) The commissioners court of a county that has voted to
adopt this subchapter may discontinue the use of this subchapter by
an order made at a regular term of the court.
(c) The commissioners court shall enter the order in its
minutes. The order is not required to be in any particular form,
and substantial compliance with this section is sufficient.
(d) If the commissioners court discontinues the use of this
subchapter, Subchapter B applies to the county.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.