78R7327 AKH-D
By: Jackson S.B. No. 1341
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duty of a land title company to give notice of
certain purchases of land.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 232.011 to read as follows:
Sec. 232.011. NOTICE TO PURCHASER OF PLAT REQUIREMENT. A
person engaged in the business of examining real estate titles for
encumbrances, claims, or flaws shall, in connection with any
purchase of a tract of land, give notice to the purchaser of the
subdivision platting requirements of this chapter.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Chapter
232, Local Government Code, applies only to a purchase of a tract of
land that is completed on or after November 1, 2003. A purchase of a
tract of land that is completed before November 1, 2003, is governed
by the law in effect immediately preceding the effective date of
this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.