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.
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