Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 1445 amends the Local Government Code to require that certain municipalities and counties enter into written agreements that identify which of the two entities is responsible for the regulation of subdivision plats and approval of related permits in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality and to set out deadlines for the finalization of such agreements. An agreement may grant the authority to regulate subdivision plats and approve permits to either the municipality or the county exclusively, allow the two entities to apportion the area and the respective regulatory authority between the two entities, or allow the two entities to enter into an interlocal agreement to create a single office under which various municipal and county regulatory functions regarding platting are consolidated. The bill retains current provisions relating to the regulation of subdivision plats to govern the interactions between a municipality and county in this regard until the two entities have reached their required agreement, with the added provision that in a conflict between municipal and county regulations the more stringent regulation prevails.