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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.