Sec. 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, Sec. 19.003(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.