1-1 By: Bonnen (Senate Sponsor - Brown) H.B. No. 3161 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001; 1-3 April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by 1-5 the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to 1-6 printer.) 1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-8 AN ACT 1-9 relating to the expiration of certain subdivision plats. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Section 232.002, Local Government Code, is amended 1-12 by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-13 (c) If no portion of the land subdivided under a plat 1-14 approved under this section is sold or transferred before January 1 1-15 of the 51st year after the year in which the plat was approved, the 1-16 approval of the plat expires, and the owner must resubmit a plat of 1-17 the subdivision for approval. A plat resubmitted for approval 1-18 under this subsection is subject to the requirements prescribed by 1-19 this chapter at the time the plat is resubmitted. 1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-21 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-22 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-23 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-24 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-25 * * * * *