Bill Text: TX HB2560 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to creation of the Adopt-a-County Road program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-07 - Filed [HB2560 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB2560-Introduced.html
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By: Shofner | H.B. No. 2560 |
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relating to creation of the Adopt-a-County Road program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 256, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 256.011 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 256.011. ADOPT-A-COUNTY ROAD PROGRAM. (a) The | ||
commissioners court of a county may enter into a partnership | ||
agreement with a person under which: | ||
(1) the person shall make a donation, gift, or grant of | ||
funds to repair and maintain a section of a county road; and | ||
(2) the county shall install signs as public | ||
recognition that funding for the repair and maintenance of the | ||
section of county road has been provided by the person. | ||
(b) The commissioners court of a county shall determine the | ||
amount of a donation, gift, or grant required under Subsection | ||
(a)(1) for a person to be recognized under Subsection (a)(2). | ||
(c) Funds received by the county through a partnership | ||
agreement under this section may be used only for the repair and | ||
maintenance of the county road that is the subject of the agreement, | ||
including uses described by Section 256.003. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |