Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 3746 adds provisions to the Local Government Code relating to replatting without vacating a preceding plat for certain subdivisions. The act applies only if the replat is signed and acknowledged by only the owners of the property being replatted and involves only property that is less than one acre that fronts an existing street and is owned and used by a nonprofit corporation established to assist children in at-risk situations through volunteer and individualized attention. House Bill 3746 also provides that an existing covenant or restriction for such replatted property does not have to be amended or removed if the covenant or restriction was recorded more than 50 years before the date of the replat and the replatted property has been continuously used by the nonprofit corporation for at least 10 years before the replat. Finally, the act establishes that the governing body of a municipality may delegate the ability to approve such a plat under certain conditions.