89R17222 AND-F
By: Tepper H.B. No. 1722
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an owner's or lessee's access to property through a
Texas Department of Transportation highway right-of-way.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 203, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 203.113 to read as follows:
Sec. 203.113. OWNER OR LESSEE ACCESS TO CERTAIN PROPERTY.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may not prohibit
or otherwise restrict a person from accessing property the person
owns or leases that:
(1) is adjacent to a highway right-of-way;
(2) could be accessed legally from the roadway before
the department assumed authority over the right-of-way; and
(3) was acquired or constructed before the department
assumed authority over the right-of-way.
(b) This section does not prohibit the department or the
commission from acquiring a person's interest in property described
by Subsection (a) through purchase, condemnation, or other means as
authorized by Subchapter D or other law.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.