HB1722 - Relating to an owner's or lessee's access to property through a Texas Department of Transportation highway right-of-way.

  89R17222 AND-F     By: Tepper H.B. No. 1722       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to an owner's or lessee's access to property through a   Texas Department of Transportation highway right-of-way.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 203, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 203.113 to read as follows:           Sec.   203.113.     OWNER OR LESSEE ACCESS TO CERTAIN PROPERTY.       (a)   Notwithstanding any other law, the department may not prohibit   or otherwise restrict a person from accessing property the person   owns or leases that:                 (1)  is adjacent to a highway right-of-way;                 (2)     could be accessed legally from the roadway before   the department assumed authority over the right-of-way; and                 (3)     was acquired or constructed before the department   assumed authority over the right-of-way.           (b)     This section does not prohibit the department or the   commission from acquiring a person's interest in property described   by Subsection (a) through purchase, condemnation, or other means as   authorized by Subchapter D or other law.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.