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1	2		By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2589
2		-	(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; April 3, 2025, read
3		-	first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
4		-	April 23, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
5		-	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 23, 2025,
6		-	sent to printer.)
7		-	Click here to see the committee vote
8		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2589 By: Hinojosa of Hidalgo
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13	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
14	8		AN ACT
15	9		relating to procedures for a commissioners court to close, abandon,
16	10		or vacate certain county roads.
17	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
18	12		SECTION 1. Section 251.058, Transportation Code, is amended
19	13		by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-2) and (b-3)
20	14		to read as follows:
21	15		(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-3), title [Title] to
22	16		a public road or portion of a public road that is closed, abandoned,
23	17		and vacated to the center line of the road vests on the date the
24	18		order is signed by the county judge in the owner of the property
25	19		that abuts the portion of the road being closed, abandoned, and
26	20		vacated. A copy of the order shall be filed in the deed records of
27	21		the county and serves as the official instrument of conveyance from
28	22		the county to the owner of the abutting property. The order shall:
29	23		(1) include the name of each property owner who
30	24		receives a conveyance under this section;
31	25		(2) include the dimensions of the property being
32	26		conveyed to each property owner;
33	27		(3) be indexed in the deed records of the county in a
34	28		manner that describes:
35	29		(A) the county conveying the property as grantor;
36	30		and
37	31		(B) the property owner receiving the conveyance
38	32		as grantee; and
39	33		(4) if a public utility or common carrier that has the
40	34		right of eminent domain is using the property being conveyed for a
41	35		right-of-way or easement purpose, state that the title to the
42	36		property is subject to the right-of-way or easement and the
43	37		continued use by the public utility or common carrier of utility
44	38		infrastructure in existence on the date the order is signed.
45	39		(b-2) Subsection (b-3) applies only to a county road that:
46		-	(1) is located wholly or partially:
47		-	(A) outside the corporate limits of a
48		-	municipality; and
49		-	(B) in a county located on the Texas-Mexico
50		-	border that has a population of less than 300,000 and contains a
51		-	municipality with a population of 200,000 or more; and
	40	+	(1) is located wholly or partially outside the
	41	+	corporate limits of a municipality; and
52	42		(2) abuts single family residential lots in a planned
53	43		residential subdivision that is located wholly in the corporate
54	44		limits of a municipality.
55	45		(b-3) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a commissioners court
56	46		that closes, abandons, or vacates a county road to which this
57	47		subsection applies:
58	48		(1) is not required to comply with the procedure
59	49		established under Subsection (b) if the commissioners court finds
60	50		that conveying the county road to any abutting property's owner
61	51		will create a public nuisance or safety hazard; and
62	52		(2) on a finding described by Subdivision (1), may:
63	53		(A) petition the municipality to annex the county
64	54		road; or
65	55		(B) use the county road for any public purpose
66	56		not related to motorized vehicle traffic, including as a hiking and
67	57		biking trail or as a linear park.
68	58		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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