H.B. No. 463
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the ability to mow, bale, shred, or hoe material on a
  state highway right-of-way.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 202.059(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  In a county with a population of more than 10,000, if
  [If] the person requesting permission under Subsection (a) is not
  the owner of the real property adjacent to the right-of-way that is
  the subject of the request, the district engineer must first
  provide the owner of the property the option of mowing, baling,
  shredding, or hoeing material on the right-of-way before granting
  permission to another person.
         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.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 463 was passed by the House on April
  9, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 2, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 463 on May 29, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2
  present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 463 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor