By Brown of Kaufman                                   H.B. No. 2762
         77R7417 JMG-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to infrastructure planning in certain counties.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Chapter 232, Local Government Code, is amended by
 1-5     adding Subchapter E to read as follows:
 1-6              SUBCHAPTER E.  INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING PROVISIONS
 1-7                          IN CERTAIN URBAN COUNTIES
 1-8           Sec. 232.121.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies only
 1-9     to a subdivision of land that is:
1-10                 (1)  subject to county regulations under Subchapter A;
1-11     and
1-12                 (2)  located in a county that:
1-13                       (A)  has a population of 100,000 or more; or
1-14                       (B)  is adjacent to a county that has a
1-15     population of 100,000 or more and is within the same metropolitan
1-16     statistical area, as designated by the United States Census Bureau,
1-17     as that adjacent county.
1-18           Sec. 232.122.  AUTHORITY OF COUNTY.  (a)  After notice is
1-19     published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, the
1-20     commissioners court of the county by order may:
1-21                 (1)  adopt rules governing plats and subdivisions of
1-22     land in the unincorporated area of the county to protect the public
1-23     health, safety, or welfare in the county and promote the safe,
1-24     orderly, and healthful development of the unincorporated area of
 2-1     the county;
 2-2                 (2)  require the dedication of land for use as a major
 2-3     thoroughfare in accordance with a transportation plan adopted by
 2-4     the metropolitan planning organization of the region;
 2-5                 (3)  require the width of a right-of-way on a street or
 2-6     road that functions as a major thoroughfare to be 150 feet or less
 2-7     unless the requirement is inconsistent with a transportation plan
 2-8     described by Subdivision (2);
 2-9                 (4)  adopt reasonable standards for minimum lot
2-10     frontages on county roads and for lot frontages in relation to
2-11     curves in county roads;
2-12                 (5)  establish building and set-back lines as provided
2-13     by Chapter 233;
2-14                 (6)  impose impact fees as provided by Chapter 395; and
2-15                 (7)  impose the utility connection requirements
2-16     prescribed by Section 232.029.
2-17           (b)  A building or set-back line established under Subsection
2-18     (a)(5) is not subject to the limitations period prescribed by
2-19     Section 233.004(c).
2-20           Sec. 232.123.  CONTRACT WITH DEVELOPER.  (a)  Notwithstanding
2-21     the competitive sealed bidding procedure prescribed by Chapter 262,
2-22     the commissioners court may enter into a contract with a developer
2-23     of a subdivision or land in the unincorporated area of the county
2-24     to construct public improvements, excluding a building, related to
2-25     the development of the subdivision or land. A contract executed
2-26     under this section that does not meet the requirements of this
2-27     subchapter is governed by Chapter 262, if applicable.
 3-1           (b)  A developer shall construct public improvements and the
 3-2     county shall share the cost of the improvements as provided by the
 3-3     contract.
 3-4           (c)  The contract must establish the proportion of the cost
 3-5     the county is obligated to pay at not more than 30 percent of the
 3-6     total contract price.  The contract may authorize the county to pay
 3-7     not more than 100 percent of the total cost for any oversizing of
 3-8     improvements required by the county, including increasing the
 3-9     capacity of improvements to anticipate future development in the
3-10     area.  The county is obligated only for payments as provided by the
3-11     contract.
3-12           (d)  The commissioners court by order:
3-13                 (1)  shall authorize payment under the contract as a
3-14     fixed amount or as a factor or percentage of the total cost; and
3-15                 (2)  may require provisions in the contract to prevent
3-16     the developer from imposing extra costs or to prevent collusion or
3-17     fraud.
3-18           (e)  The developer must execute a performance bond for the
3-19     construction of the public improvements to ensure faithful
3-20     performance of the work in accordance with the plans,
3-21     specifications, and contract documents.  The bond must be executed
3-22     by a corporate surety in accordance with Chapter 2253, Government
3-23     Code.
3-24           (f)  The county may inspect the developer's books and other
3-25     records related to the construction of public improvements under
3-26     this subchapter.
3-27           Sec. 232.124.  PROVISIONS CUMULATIVE.  The authority granted
 4-1     to a county under this subchapter is cumulative of authority
 4-2     granted to a county by this chapter and any other law relating to
 4-3     county regulation of subdivisions.
 4-4           SECTION 2.  Section 395.001(7), Local Government Code, is
 4-5     amended to read as follows:
 4-6                 (7)  "Political subdivision" means:
 4-7                       (A)  a municipality;[,]
 4-8                       (B)  a district or authority created under
 4-9     Article III, Section 52, or Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas
4-10     Constitution;
4-11                       (C)  [, or,] for the purposes set forth by
4-12     Section 395.079, certain counties described by that section; or
4-13                       (D)  a county authorized to impose an impact fee
4-14     under Subchapter E, Chapter 232.
4-15           SECTION 3.  Section 395.011(b), Local Government Code, is
4-16     amended to read as follows:
4-17           (b)  Political subdivisions may enact or impose impact fees
4-18     on land within their [corporate] boundaries or extraterritorial
4-19     jurisdictions only by complying with this chapter, except that
4-20     impact fees may not be enacted or imposed in the extraterritorial
4-21     jurisdiction for roadway facilities.
4-22           SECTION 4.  Sections 395.016(c) and (d), Local Government
4-23     Code, are amended to read as follows:
4-24           (c)  This subsection applies only to impact fees adopted
4-25     after June 20, 1987.  For new development which is platted in
4-26     accordance with Subchapter A, Chapter 212, Subchapter A or B,
4-27     Chapter 232, or the subdivision or platting procedures of any other
 5-1     [a] political subdivision before the adoption of an impact fee, an
 5-2     impact fee may not be collected on any service unit for which a
 5-3     valid building permit is issued within one year after the date of
 5-4     adoption of the impact fee.
 5-5           (d)  This subsection applies only to land platted in
 5-6     accordance with Subchapter A, Chapter 212, Subchapter A or B,
 5-7     Chapter 232, or the subdivision or platting procedures of any other
 5-8     [a] political subdivision after adoption of an impact fee adopted
 5-9     after June 20, 1987.  The political subdivision shall assess the
5-10     impact fees before or at the time of recordation of a subdivision
5-11     plat or other plat under Subchapter A, Chapter 212, Subchapter A or
5-12     B, Chapter 232, or the subdivision or platting ordinance or
5-13     procedures of any other political subdivision in the official
5-14     records of the county clerk of the county in which the tract is
5-15     located.  Except as provided by Section 395.019, the political
5-16     subdivision may collect the fees at either the time of recordation
5-17     of the subdivision plat or connection to the political
5-18     subdivision's water or sewer system or at the time the political
5-19     subdivision issues either the building permit or the certificate of
5-20     occupancy.
5-21           SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.