H.B. No. 2599

	AN ACT
	relating to the ability of certain county assistance districts to
	annex roads.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 387, Local Government Code, is amended
	by adding Section 387.0031 to read as follows:
	Sec. 387.0031.  INCLUSION OF ROADS IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS.
	(a) This section applies only to a district created by a county with
	a population of more than 580,000 that borders a county with a
	population of more than four million.
	(b)  The governing body of a district by order may include in
	the district a portion of a road, including associated drainage
	areas, that is located in a municipality located in the county that
	created the district if the municipality consents to the inclusion.
	An election is not required to approve an order described by this
	subsection.
	(c)  The district may use money available to the district to
	perform maintenance or improvement on a road and the associated
	drainage areas included in the district in accordance with this
	section.
	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. 2599 was passed by the House on April
	30, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 128, Nays 11, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2599 was passed by the Senate on May
	22, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor