The legislation incorporates a series of bills by border lawmakers and recommendations from Texas Secretary of State Elton Bomer, Gov. George W. Bush s lead official on border issues. We ve been working on colonias for the last 10 years. There was no opposition or debate. Final passage, expected today, returns the bill to the Senate for approval of House changes. Cuellar said Lucio has been kept abreast of those changes and predicted the Senate will agree to them.
Current law allows utilities only in properly platted subdivisions.
And, applying the model subdivision rules to all counties within 50 miles of the Mexican border and allowing counties to enforce those building rules in all areas outside the corporate city limits, including the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.