Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1563 amends the Property Code to prohibit a county clerk or deputy clerk from recording a plat or replat unless it is approved as provided by law by the appropriate authority and contains certain documents required by the Local Government Code. In addition, the act prohibits a person from filing for record or having recorded in the county clerk's office a plat or replat of a subdivision of real property unless the plat or replat contains an original tax certificate from each taxing unit with jurisdiction over the real property indicating that no delinquent ad valorem taxes are owed on the property. Tax certificate requirements do not apply to certain property acquired under a will or by inheritance.