HBA-CBW, BSM, C.S.H.B. 958 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 958
By: Burnam
Land & Resource Management
3/8/2001
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, municipalities are not required to annex a county road
when they annex an area of land that is adjacent to the road and sometimes
municipalities annex only to the centerline of the road.  This can result
in confusion and conflict in jurisdiction and responsibility for these
roads. C.S.H.B. 958 provides that municipalities must annex the entire
width of a paved county road and the adjacent right-of-way if the
municipality annexes any portion of the road. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 958 amends the Local Government Code to provide that a
municipality that proposes to annex any portion of a paved county road must
also annex the entire width of the county road and the adjacent
right-of-way.  The bill sets forth provisions regarding the applicability
and implementation of these provisions to a municipality's annexation plan. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 958 modifies the original bill by specifying which portion of a
county road must be annexed and that the county road be paved.