By Wentworth S.B. No. 800
77R4357 JMG-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the regulation of the subdivision of land under the
1-3 jurisdiction of counties.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Local
1-6 Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 SUBCHAPTER A. SUBDIVISION PLATTING REQUIREMENTS APPLYING TO
1-8 NONRESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS [IN GENERAL]
1-9 SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Local Government Code,
1-10 is amended by adding Section 232.0001 to read as follows:
1-11 Sec. 232.0001. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply
1-12 to a subdivision of land to which Subchapter B applies.
1-13 SECTION 3. The heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 232, Local
1-14 Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-15 SUBCHAPTER B. SUBDIVISION PLATTING REQUIREMENTS APPLYING TO
1-16 RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS [IN COUNTY NEAR INTERNATIONAL BORDER]
1-17 SECTION 4. Section 232.022, Local Government Code, is amended
1-18 to read as follows:
1-19 Sec. 232.022. APPLICABILITY. (a) [This subchapter applies
1-20 only to a county any part of which is located within 50 miles of an
1-21 international border.]
1-22 [(b)] This subchapter applies only to land that is
1-23 subdivided into two or more lots that are intended primarily for
1-24 residential use in the jurisdiction of the county. A lot is
2-1 presumed to be intended for residential use if the lot is five
2-2 acres or less. [This subchapter does not apply if the subdivision
2-3 is incident to the conveyance of the land as a gift between persons
2-4 related to each other within the third degree by affinity or
2-5 consanguinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code.]
2-6 (b) [(c)] For purposes of this section, land is considered
2-7 to be in the jurisdiction of a county if the land is located in the
2-8 county and outside the corporate limits of municipalities.
2-9 SECTION 5. Subchapter B, Chapter 232, Local Government Code,
2-10 is amended by adding Sections 232.0225, 232.0235, and 232.0245 to
2-11 read as follows:
2-12 Sec. 232.0225. MINIMUM STATE STANDARDS. (a) To the extent
2-13 this subchapter refers to minimum state standards or refers to the
2-14 application of a provision of Chapter 16, Water Code, the
2-15 references apply to all counties regardless of any limitation
2-16 established by Chapter 16, Water Code, including the limitation
2-17 established by Section 16.343(f), Water Code.
2-18 (b) This section and the other provisions of this subchapter
2-19 do not authorize a county to participate in any financial
2-20 assistance program or any other program authorized by Chapter 15,
2-21 16, or 17, Water Code, unless the county qualifies under the Water
2-22 Code.
2-23 Sec. 232.0235. EXCEPTIONS TO PLATTING REQUIREMENTS. A
2-24 division of land that is excepted from the platting requirements of
2-25 Subchapter A by or under Section 232.0015 is also excepted from the
2-26 platting requirements of this subchapter.
2-27 Sec. 232.0245. TIMELY APPROVAL OF PLATS. Section 232.0025
3-1 applies to the platting process established by this subchapter in
3-2 the same manner in which it applies to the process under Subchapter
3-3 A.
3-4 SECTION 6. Section 232.025, Local Government Code, is amended
3-5 to read as follows:
3-6 Sec. 232.025. SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS. By an order adopted
3-7 and entered in the minutes of the commissioners court, and after a
3-8 notice is published in English and Spanish in a newspaper of
3-9 general circulation in the county, the commissioners court shall
3-10 for each subdivision:
3-11 (1) require a right-of-way on a street or road that
3-12 functions as a main artery in a subdivision, of a width of not less
3-13 than 50 feet or more than 100 feet;
3-14 (2) require a right-of-way on any other street or road
3-15 in a subdivision of not less than 40 feet or more than 70 feet;
3-16 (3) require that the shoulder-to-shoulder width on
3-17 collectors or main arteries within the right-of-way be not less
3-18 than 32 feet or more than 56 feet, and that the
3-19 shoulder-to-shoulder width on any other street or road be not less
3-20 than 25 feet or more than 35 feet;
3-21 (4) adopt, based on the amount and kind of travel over
3-22 each street or road in a subdivision, reasonable specifications
3-23 relating to the construction of each street or road;
3-24 (5) adopt reasonable specifications to provide
3-25 adequate drainage for each street or road in a subdivision in
3-26 accordance with standard engineering practices;
3-27 (6) require that each purchase contract made between a
4-1 subdivider and a purchaser of land in the subdivision contain a
4-2 statement describing how and when water, sewer, electricity, and
4-3 gas services will be made available to the subdivision; [and]
4-4 (7) require that the subdivider of the tract execute a
4-5 bond in the manner provided by Section 232.027;
4-6 (8) adopt reasonable specifications that provide for
4-7 drainage in the subdivision to:
4-8 (A) efficiently manage the flow of stormwater
4-9 runoff in the subdivision; and
4-10 (B) coordinate subdivision drainage with the
4-11 general storm drainage pattern for the area; and
4-12 (9) require lot and block monumentation to be set by a
4-13 registered professional surveyor before recordation of the plat.
4-14 SECTION 7. Subchapter B, Chapter 232, Local Government Code,
4-15 is amended by adding Sections 232.0255 and 232.0256 to read as
4-16 follows:
4-17 Sec. 232.0255. STANDARD FOR ROADS IN SUBDIVISION. A county
4-18 may not impose under Section 232.025 a higher standard for streets
4-19 or roads in a subdivision than the county imposes on itself for the
4-20 construction of streets or roads with a similar type and amount of
4-21 traffic.
4-22 Sec. 232.0256. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: USE OF GROUNDWATER.
4-23 (a) If a person submits a plat for the subdivision of a tract of
4-24 land for which the source of the water supply intended for the
4-25 subdivision is groundwater under that land, the commissioners court
4-26 of a county by order may require the plat application to have
4-27 attached to it a statement that:
5-1 (1) is prepared by an engineer registered to practice
5-2 in this state; and
5-3 (2) certifies that adequate groundwater is available
5-4 for the subdivision.
5-5 (b) The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission by
5-6 rule shall establish the appropriate form and content of a
5-7 certification to be attached to a plat application under this
5-8 section.
5-9 SECTION 8. Section 232.038, Local Government Code, is amended
5-10 to read as follows:
5-11 Sec. 232.038. SUIT BY PRIVATE PERSON [IN ECONOMICALLY
5-12 DISTRESSED AREA]. A person who has purchased or is purchasing from
5-13 a subdivider a lot after July 1, 1995, in a subdivision for
5-14 residential purposes that does not have water and sewer services as
5-15 required by this subchapter [and is located in an economically
5-16 distressed area, as defined by Section 17.921, Water Code, from a
5-17 subdivider,] may bring suit in the district court in which the
5-18 property is located or in a district court in Travis County to:
5-19 (1) declare the sale of the property void and require
5-20 the subdivider to return the purchase price of the property; and
5-21 (2) recover from the subdivider:
5-22 (A) the market value of any permanent
5-23 improvements the person placed on the property;
5-24 (B) actual expenses incurred as a direct result
5-25 of the failure to provide adequate water and sewer facilities;
5-26 (C) court costs; and
5-27 (D) reasonable attorney's fees.
6-1 SECTION 9. Subchapter B, Chapter 232, Local Government Code,
6-2 is amended by adding Section 232.0385 to read as follows:
6-3 Sec. 232.0385. EXCEPTIONS FOR COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OF
6-4 MORE THAN 2.2 MILLION OR CONTIGUOUS COUNTIES. (a) This section
6-5 applies to a county:
6-6 (1) that has a population of more than 2.2 million or
6-7 that is contiguous with a county that has a population of more than
6-8 2.2 million; and
6-9 (2) in which the commissioners court by order elects
6-10 to operate under this section.
6-11 (b) If a county elects to operate under this section,
6-12 Section 232.036 does not apply to the county. The sections of this
6-13 chapter preceding Section 232.036 do apply to the county in the
6-14 same manner that they apply to other counties except that:
6-15 (1) they apply only to tracts of land located outside
6-16 municipalities and the extraterritorial jurisdiction of
6-17 municipalities, as determined under Chapter 42; and
6-18 (2) the commissioners court of the county, instead of
6-19 having the powers granted by Sections 232.025(2) and (3), may:
6-20 (A) require a right-of-way on a street or road
6-21 that does not function as a main artery in the subdivision of not
6-22 less than 40 feet or more than 50 feet; and
6-23 (B) require that the street cut on a main artery
6-24 within the right-of-way be not less than 30 feet or more than 45
6-25 feet, and that the street cut on any other street or road within
6-26 the right-of-way be not less than 25 feet or more than 35 feet.
6-27 SECTION 10. Section 232.007, Local Government Code, is
7-1 transferred to Subchapter B, Chapter 232, Local Government Code,
7-2 redesignated as Section 232.0386, and amended to read as follows:
7-3 Sec. 232.0386 [232.007]. MANUFACTURED HOME RENTAL
7-4 COMMUNITIES. (a) In this section:
7-5 (1) "Manufactured home rental community" means a plot
7-6 or tract of land that is separated into two or more spaces or lots
7-7 that are rented, leased, or offered for rent or lease, for a term
7-8 of less than 60 months without a purchase option, for the
7-9 installation of manufactured homes for use and occupancy as
7-10 residences.
7-11 (2) "Business day" means a day other than a Saturday,
7-12 Sunday, or holiday recognized by this state.
7-13 (b) A manufactured home rental community is not a
7-14 subdivision, and Sections 232.0001 [232.001]-232.006 and Sections
7-15 232.021-232.0385 do not apply to the community.
7-16 (c) After a public hearing and after notice is published in
7-17 a newspaper of general circulation in the county, the commissioners
7-18 court of a county, by order adopted and entered in the minutes of
7-19 the commissioners court, may establish minimum infrastructure
7-20 standards for manufactured home rental communities located in the
7-21 county outside the limits of a municipality. The minimum standards
7-22 may include only:
7-23 (1) reasonable specifications to provide adequate
7-24 drainage in accordance with standard engineering practices,
7-25 including specifying necessary drainage culverts and identifying
7-26 areas included in the 100-year flood plain;
7-27 (2) reasonable specifications for providing an
8-1 adequate public or community water supply, including specifying the
8-2 location of supply lines, in accordance with Subchapter C, Chapter
8-3 341, Health and Safety Code;
8-4 (3) reasonable requirements for providing access to
8-5 sanitary sewer lines, including specifying the location of sanitary
8-6 sewer lines, or providing adequate on-site sewage facilities in
8-7 accordance with Chapter 366, Health and Safety Code;
8-8 (4) a requirement for the preparation of a survey
8-9 identifying the proposed manufactured home rental community
8-10 boundaries and any significant features of the community, including
8-11 the proposed location of manufactured home rental community spaces,
8-12 utility easements, and dedications of rights-of-way; and
8-13 (5) reasonable specifications for streets or roads in
8-14 the manufactured rental home community to provide ingress and
8-15 egress access for fire and emergency vehicles.
8-16 (d) The commissioners court may not adopt minimum
8-17 infrastructure standards that are more stringent than requirements
8-18 adopted by the commissioners court for subdivisions. The
8-19 commissioners court may only adopt minimum infrastructure standards
8-20 for ingress and egress access by fire and emergency vehicles that
8-21 are reasonably necessary.
8-22 (e) If the commissioners court adopts minimum infrastructure
8-23 standards for manufactured home rental communities, the owner of
8-24 land located outside the limits of a municipality who intends to
8-25 use the land for a manufactured home rental community must have an
8-26 infrastructure development plan prepared that complies with the
8-27 minimum infrastructure standards adopted by the commissioners court
9-1 under Subsection (c).
9-2 (f) Not later than the 60th day after the date the owner of
9-3 a proposed manufactured home rental community submits an
9-4 infrastructure development plan for approval, the county engineer
9-5 or another person designated by the commissioners court shall
9-6 approve or reject the plan in writing. If the plan is rejected,
9-7 the written rejection must specify the reasons for the rejection
9-8 and the actions required for approval of the plan. The failure to
9-9 reject a plan within the period prescribed by this subsection
9-10 constitutes approval of the plan.
9-11 (g) Construction of a proposed manufactured home rental
9-12 community may not begin before the date the county engineer or
9-13 another person designated by the commissioners court approves the
9-14 infrastructure development plan. The commissioners court may
9-15 require inspection of the infrastructure during or on completion of
9-16 its construction. If a final inspection is required, the final
9-17 inspection must be completed not later than the second business day
9-18 after the date the commissioners court or the person designated by
9-19 the commissioners court receives a written confirmation from the
9-20 owner that the construction of the infrastructure is complete. If
9-21 the inspector determines that the infrastructure complies with the
9-22 infrastructure development plan, the commissioners court shall
9-23 issue a certificate of compliance not later than the fifth business
9-24 day after the date the final inspection is completed. If a final
9-25 inspection is not required, the commissioners court shall issue a
9-26 certificate of compliance not later than the fifth business day
9-27 after the date the commissioners court or the person designated by
10-1 the commissioners court receives written certification from the
10-2 owner that construction of the infrastructure has been completed in
10-3 compliance with the infrastructure development plan.
10-4 (h) A utility may not provide utility services, including
10-5 water, sewer, gas, and electric services, to a manufactured home
10-6 rental community subject to an infrastructure development plan or
10-7 to a manufactured home in the community unless the owner provides
10-8 the utility with a copy of the certificate of compliance issued
10-9 under Subsection (g). This subsection applies only to:
10-10 (1) a municipality that provides utility services;
10-11 (2) a municipally owned or municipally operated
10-12 utility that provides utility services;
10-13 (3) a public utility that provides utility services;
10-14 (4) a nonprofit water supply or sewer service
10-15 corporation organized and operating under Chapter 67, Water Code,
10-16 that provides utility services;
10-17 (5) a county that provides utility services; and
10-18 (6) a special district or authority created by state
10-19 law that provides utility services.
10-20 SECTION 11. Section 232.0085, Local Government Code, is
10-21 transferred to Subchapter B, Chapter 232, Local Government Code,
10-22 redesignated as Section 232.0395, and amended to read as follows:
10-23 Sec. 232.0395 [232.0085]. CANCELLATION OF CERTAIN
10-24 SUBDIVISIONS IF LAND REMAINS UNDEVELOPED. (a) Section 232.0225
10-25 does not apply to this section.
10-26 (b) This section applies only to real property located:
10-27 (1) outside municipalities and the extraterritorial
11-1 jurisdiction of municipalities, as determined under Chapter 42; and
11-2 (2) in an affected county, as defined by Section
11-3 16.341, Water Code, that has adopted the model rules developed
11-4 under Section 16.343, Water Code, and is located along an
11-5 international border.
11-6 (c) [(b)] The commissioners court of a county may cancel,
11-7 after notice and a hearing as required by this section, a
11-8 subdivision for which the plat was filed and approved before
11-9 September 1, 1989, if:
11-10 (1) the development of or the making of improvements
11-11 in the subdivision was not begun before the effective date of this
11-12 section; and
11-13 (2) the commissioners court by resolution has made a
11-14 finding that the land in question is likely to be developed as a
11-15 colonia.
11-16 (d) [(c)] The commissioners court must publish notice of a
11-17 proposal to cancel a subdivision under this section and the time
11-18 and place of the required hearing in a newspaper of general
11-19 circulation in the county for at least 21 days immediately before
11-20 the date a cancellation order is adopted under this section. The
11-21 county tax assessor-collector shall, not later than the 14th day
11-22 before the date of the hearing, deposit with the United States
11-23 Postal Service a similar notice addressed to each owner of land in
11-24 the subdivision, as determined by the most recent county tax roll.
11-25 (e) [(d)] At the hearing, the commissioners court shall
11-26 permit any interested person to be heard. At the conclusion of the
11-27 hearing, the court shall adopt an order on whether to cancel the
12-1 subdivision. The commissioners court may adopt an order canceling
12-2 a subdivision if the court determines the cancellation is in the
12-3 best interest of the public. The court may not adopt an order
12-4 canceling a subdivision if:
12-5 (1) the cancellation interferes with the established
12-6 rights of a person who is a nondeveloper owner and owns any part of
12-7 the subdivision, unless the person agrees to the cancellation; or
12-8 (2) the owner of the entire subdivision is able to
12-9 show that:
12-10 (A) the owner of the subdivision is able to
12-11 comply with the minimum state standards and model political
12-12 subdivision rules developed under Section 16.343, Water Code,
12-13 including any bonding requirements; or
12-14 (B) the land was developed or improved within
12-15 the period described by Subsection (c) [(b)].
12-16 (f) [(e)] The commissioners court shall file the
12-17 cancellation order for recording in the deed records of the county.
12-18 After the cancellation order is filed and recorded, the property
12-19 shall be treated as if it had never been subdivided, and the county
12-20 chief appraiser shall assess the property accordingly. Any liens
12-21 against the property shall remain against the property as it was
12-22 previously subdivided.
12-23 (g) [(f)] In this section:
12-24 (1) "Development" means the making, installing, or
12-25 constructing of buildings and improvements.
12-26 (2) "Improvements" means water supply, treatment, and
12-27 distribution facilities; wastewater collection and treatment
13-1 facilities; and other utility facilities. The term does not
13-2 include roadway facilities.
13-3 SECTION 12. Section 232.041, Local Government Code, is
13-4 amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to
13-5 read as follows:
13-6 (b) After the application is filed with the commissioners
13-7 court, the court shall publish a notice of the application in a
13-8 newspaper of general circulation in the county. The notice must
13-9 include a statement of the time and place at which the court will
13-10 meet to consider the application and to hear protests to the
13-11 revision of the plat. The notice must be published at least three
13-12 times during the period that begins on the 30th day and ends on the
13-13 seventh day before the date of the meeting. If all or part of the
13-14 subdivided tract has been sold to nondeveloper owners, the court
13-15 shall also give notice to each of those owners by certified or
13-16 registered mail, return receipt requested, at the owner's address
13-17 in the subdivided tract. Except as provided by Subsection (e), if
13-18 all or part of the subdivided tract has been sold to nondeveloper
13-19 owners, the court shall also give notice to each of those owners by
13-20 certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, at the
13-21 owner's address in the subdivided tract.
13-22 (e) The commissioners court is not required to give notice
13-23 by mail under Subsection (b) if the plat revision only combines
13-24 existing tracts.
13-25 SECTION 13. Subchapter B, Chapter 232, Local Government Code,
13-26 is amended by adding Section 232.0415 to read as follows:
13-27 Sec. 232.0415. EXCEPTION TO PLAT REQUIREMENT: COUNTY
14-1 DETERMINATION. A commissioners court of the county may allow
14-2 conveyance of portions of one or more previously platted lots by
14-3 metes and bounds description without revising the plat.
14-4 SECTION 14. Section 232.043(a), Local Government Code, is
14-5 amended to read as follows:
14-6 (a) On the request of a subdivider who created an unplatted
14-7 subdivision or a resident purchaser of a lot in the subdivision,
14-8 the commissioners court of a county may grant:
14-9 (1) a delay or variance from compliance with the
14-10 subdivision requirements prescribed by Section 232.023(b)(8) or
14-11 (9), 232.025(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5), [or] 232.030(c)(2), (3),
14-12 (5), or (6), or 232.0385(b)(2); or
14-13 (2) a delay or variance for an individual lot from
14-14 compliance with the requirements prescribed by the model
14-15 subdivision rules adopted under Section 16.343, Water Code, for:
14-16 (A) the distance that a structure must be set
14-17 back from roads or property lines; or
14-18 (B) the number of single-family, detached
14-19 dwellings that may be located on a lot.
14-20 SECTION 15. Sections 242.001(a) and (c), Local Government
14-21 Code, are amended to read as follows:
14-22 (a) This section applies only to a county operating under
14-23 Sections 232.0001 [232.001]-232.005 or Sections 232.021-232.038
14-24 [Subchapter B or C, Chapter 232].
14-25 (c) In the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality,
14-26 the municipality may regulate subdivisions under Subchapter A of
14-27 Chapter 212 and other statutes applicable to municipalities, and
15-1 the county may regulate subdivisions under Sections 232.0001
15-2 [232.001]-232.005, Sections 232.021-232.038, [Subchapter B or C,
15-3 Chapter 232,] and other statutes applicable to counties. If a
15-4 municipal regulation conflicts with a county regulation, the more
15-5 stringent provisions prevail.
15-6 SECTION 16. Section 242.002(a), Local Government Code, is
15-7 amended to read as follows:
15-8 (a) This section applies only to a county operating under
15-9 Section 232.006 or Section 232.0385.
15-10 SECTION 17. Section 13.002(26), Water Code, is amended to
15-11 read as follows:
15-12 (26) "Affected county" is a county any part of which
15-13 is located within 50 miles of an international border [to which
15-14 Subchapter B, Chapter 232, Local Government Code, applies].
15-15 SECTION 18. Section 13.2501, Water Code, is amended to read
15-16 as follows:
15-17 Sec. 13.2501. CONDITIONS REQUIRING REFUSAL OF SERVICE. The
15-18 holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity shall
15-19 refuse to serve a customer within its certified area if the holder
15-20 of the certificate is prohibited from providing the service under
15-21 Section 212.012 or 232.029 [232.0047], Local Government Code.
15-22 SECTION 19. Section 16.352, Water Code, is amended to read as
15-23 follows:
15-24 Sec. 16.352. ENFORCEMENT OF RULES. A person who violates a
15-25 rule adopted by a municipality or county under this subchapter or
15-26 under Subchapter B [or C], Chapter 232, Local Government Code, is
15-27 liable to the municipality or county for a civil penalty of not
16-1 less than $500 and not more than $1,000 for each violation and for
16-2 each day of a violation. The maximum civil penalty that may accrue
16-3 each day is $5,000. The appropriate attorney representing the
16-4 municipality or county may sue to collect the penalty. The
16-5 recovered penalty shall be deposited in the general fund of the
16-6 municipality or county.
16-7 SECTION 20. Section 16.353(a), Water Code, is amended to read
16-8 as follows:
16-9 (a) In addition to any other remedy, the attorney general,
16-10 the municipal attorney of the municipality in which a violation
16-11 under Section 16.352 occurs, or the county or district attorney of
16-12 the county in which a violation under Section 16.352 occurs may
16-13 apply to a district court for, and the district court may grant,
16-14 the state or the political subdivision an appropriate prohibitory
16-15 or mandatory order, including a temporary restraining order or a
16-16 temporary or permanent injunction, enjoining a violation of this
16-17 subchapter, the rules described by Section 16.352, or Subchapter B
16-18 [or C], Chapter 232, Local Government Code.
16-19 SECTION 21. Section 16.3535, Water Code, is amended to read
16-20 as follows:
16-21 Sec. 16.3535. DAMAGES. In addition to any other remedy, the
16-22 attorney general, the municipal attorney of the municipality in
16-23 which a violation under Section 16.352 occurs, or the county or
16-24 district attorney of the county in which a violation under Section
16-25 16.352 occurs may apply to a district court for, and the district
16-26 court may grant, monetary damages to cover the cost of enforcing
16-27 this subchapter, rules adopted under this subchapter, or Subchapter
17-1 B [or C], Chapter 232, Local Government Code.
17-2 SECTION 22. Section 26.001(26), Water Code, as added by
17-3 Section 24, Chapter 979, Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular
17-4 Session, 1995, is amended to read as follows:
17-5 (26) "Affected county" is a county any part of which
17-6 is located within 50 miles of an international border [to which
17-7 Subchapter B, Chapter 232, Local Government Code, applies].
17-8 SECTION 23. Section 35.019(b), Water Code, is amended to read
17-9 as follows:
17-10 (b) The commissioners court of a county in a priority
17-11 groundwater management area may:
17-12 (1) require a person seeking approval of a plat
17-13 required by [Subchapter A,] Chapter 232, Local Government Code, to
17-14 show:
17-15 (A) compliance with the water availability
17-16 requirements adopted by the court under this section; and
17-17 (B) that an adequate supply of water of
17-18 sufficient quantity and quality is available to supply the number
17-19 of lots proposed for the platted area;
17-20 (2) adopt standards or formulas to determine whether
17-21 an adequate water supply exists for the platted area; and
17-22 (3) adopt procedures for submitting the information
17-23 necessary to determine whether an adequate water supply exists for
17-24 the platted area.
17-25 SECTION 24. The following provisions in the Local Government
17-26 Code are repealed:
17-27 (1) Section 232.0015(b); and
18-1 (2) Subchapter C, Chapter 232.
18-2 SECTION 25. The changes in law made by this Act to Chapter
18-3 232, Local Government Code, and other statutes apply only to a
18-4 tract of land subdivided on or after September 1, 2001. A tract of
18-5 land subdivided before that date is governed by the law in effect
18-6 immediately before that date, and the former law is continued in
18-7 effect for that purpose.
18-8 SECTION 26. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.