House Bill No. 447 introduces new regulations regarding traffic impact studies that must be conducted before certain municipal utility districts can issue bonds for road projects. Specifically, the bill mandates that districts authorized to exercise eminent domain and located in specific counties must conduct a traffic impact study for public roads within or near the district. The study must assess potential changes to traffic patterns and volumes resulting from the proposed project and must be submitted to the commissioners court of each relevant county. Additionally, the bill outlines that these studies must be conducted before land is platted and updated if the original plat is revised after two years.

The bill also provides that the commissioners court has the discretion to waive the study requirements and that any traffic impact study will expire two years after its completion, although expired studies may still be accepted at the discretion of the commissioners court. The changes in law will only apply to bonds issued after the effective date of the Act, which is set for September 1, 2025.

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