Bill Text: TX HB3714 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of street lights along county roads in the unincorporated area of certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3714 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3714-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3714 |
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relating to the establishment of street lights along county roads | ||
in the unincorporated area of certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 280.003, Transportation | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 280.003. STREET LIGHTS ON COUNTY ROADS [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 280.003, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsection | ||
(b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a) This section applies only to the unincorporated area of | ||
a county: | ||
(1) that has any of its territory located within 150 | ||
miles of an international boundary; | ||
(2) with a population of more than 650,000 that is | ||
adjacent to two counties, each of which has a population of more | ||
than 1.8 million; or | ||
(3) with a population of more than 3.3 million. | ||
(b) The commissioners court of a county may by order provide | ||
for the establishment of street lights along a county road [ |
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(1) the installation, operation, and maintenance of | ||
the street lights by: | ||
(A) the county; or | ||
(B) another public or private entity with which | ||
the county may contract; | ||
(2) the imposition of a fee on landowners [ |
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(3) the collection of a fee imposed under this | ||
subsection by the county tax assessor-collector; and | ||
(4) any other matter the commissioners court finds | ||
necessary to the installation, operation, or maintenance of the | ||
street lights. | ||
(b-1) Street lights installed by a county: | ||
(1) must be installed in a subdivision if the lights | ||
are installed by a county described by Subsection (a)(1); and | ||
(2) may not be located on private property if the | ||
lights are installed by a county described by Subsection (a)(2) or | ||
(3). | ||
(c) This section does not supersede applicable provisions | ||
for street light service contained in the tariff of an electric | ||
utility that provides service to the area in which the lights are | ||
installed [ |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3714 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 3714 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 2, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3714 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |