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Texas Transportation Code - Section 257.901. Land Development In Road District With Outstanding Indebtedness

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§ 257.901. LAND DEVELOPMENT IN ROAD DISTRICT WITH 
OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS.  (a) In this section:
		(1)  "Affected area" means the area:                                          
			(A)  of an assessment road district;  and                                    
			(B)  within 1,500 feet of the boundary of an 
assessment road district.     
		(2)  "Assessment road district" means a road district 
that has refinanced outstanding bonded indebtedness under 
Subchapter C, Chapter 1471, Government Code.
		(3)  "Land development" means any action necessary or 
customary in connection with the construction of improvements on 
real property.
		(4)  "Regulation" means any ordinance, rule, 
regulation, or application or interpretation of an ordinance, rule, 
regulation, or application.
	(b)  After March 9, 1999, a political subdivision shall pay 
the outstanding bonded indebtedness of an assessment road district 
if the political subdivision changes regulations regarding land 
development that apply to more than 20 percent of the land in the 
assessment road district in a manner that reduces:
		(1)  the amount of impervious cover, as defined in the 
regulations;  or     
		(2)  the total allowable floor area of a building on 
developed land.        
	(c)  Subsection (b) does not apply to an affected land owner 
who agrees in writing to the regulation.
	(d)  On request of a person who owns land in an affected area, 
the governing body of an assessment road district by resolution may 
annex any part of the person's land that is within two miles of the 
district's boundaries.
	(e)  After annexation of the land under this section, the 
governing body of the district shall reapportion the remaining 
assessment on the owner's land on a per acre basis for all of the 
owner's land in the district.
	(f)  Chapter 245, Local Government Code, controls to the 
extent of any conflict with this section.
	(g)  This section expires March 10, 2019.                                      

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, § 19.003(a), eff. Sept. 
1, 2001.

Last modified: August 10, 2007