1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the expiration of certain subdivision plats. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 232.002, Local Government Code, is amended 1-5 by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-6 (c) If no portion of the land subdivided under a plat 1-7 approved under this section is sold or transferred before January 1 1-8 of the 51st year after the year in which the plat was approved, the 1-9 approval of the plat expires, and the owner must resubmit a plat of 1-10 the subdivision for approval. A plat resubmitted for approval 1-11 under this subsection is subject to the requirements prescribed by 1-12 this chapter at the time the plat is resubmitted. 1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-14 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-15 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-16 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-17 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3161 was passed by the House on April 20, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3161 was passed by the Senate on May 22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor