Amend SB 1421 by adding the following appropriately numbered
section to the bill and by renumbering the remaining sections of
the bill as appropriate:
      SECTION ____.  Chapter 232, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter D to read as follows:
           SUBCHAPTER D.  OPTIONAL SUBDIVISION PLATTING
                 REQUIREMENTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES
      Sec. 232.101.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies only
in the unincorporated area located outside the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of a municipality and in a county:
            (1)  with a population of 500,000 or more or in a
county adjacent to a county in this state with a population of
500,000 or more; and
            (2)  in which Subchapters B and C do not apply.
      Sec. 232.102.  ADOPTION BY COMMISSIONERS COURT.  The
commissioners court by order may adopt Subchapter C for the
subdivision of land in the county, including the use of the model
rules adopted under Section 16.343, Water Code, except that:
            (1)  venue for an action to recover a civil penalty is
only in a district court in the county in which the defendant
resides or in a district court in the county in which the violation
occurs;
            (2)  the attorney general does not have the power of
enforcement in the county as provided by Section 232.080;
            (3)  the operation of a county under this subchapter
does not affect the county's eligibility for financial assistance
under Subchapter K, Chapter 17, Water Code; and
            (4)  other than the model rules adopted under Section
16.343, Water Code, Subchapter J, Chapter 16, Water Code, does not
apply in the county.