Bill Text: TX HB3273 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to regulation of traffic on certain roads by counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-08 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3273 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3273-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Simmons | H.B. No. 3273 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3273: | |||
| By: Phillips | C.S.H.B. No. 3273 | ||
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| relating to regulation of traffic on certain roads by counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 542.0081, Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(3), in a county with a | ||
| population of more than 600,000 and less than 750,000, the petition | ||
| described by Subsection (b) must be signed by 25 percent of the | ||
| property owners residing in the area that is served by the roads of | ||
| the district over which county enforcement is sought. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a petition filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
| petition filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by | ||
| the law in effect on the date the petition was filed, and the former | ||
| law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
