TITLE: Relating to allowing a county to access state highway right-of-way to remove trash and other debris from the right-of-way.

SUMMARY: Relating to allowing a county to access state highway right-of-way to remove trash and other debris from the right-of-way.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to allowing a county to access state highway right-of-way to remove trash and other debris from the right-of-way. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 202, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 202.062 to read as follows: Sec. 202.062. COUNTY REMOVAL OF TRASH AND OTHER DEBRIS FROM STATE HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY. (a) A county authorized by contract with the department to remove trash and other debris from the right-of-way of a highway in that county that is part of the state highway system may remove trash and other debris from that right-of-way. (b) To the extent allowed by federal law, the department by contract with the Navarro County Commissioners Court shall authorize that county to use the right-of-way of a highway in that county that is part of the state highway system for the removal of trash and other debris from the highway right-of-way. SECTION 2. 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.