By:  Casteel                                                      H.B. No. 3101



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

Relating to the filing for record in the county clerk's office a 
plat or replat of a subdivision of real property.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 12.002, Property Code, is amended to 
read as follows:    
	(e)  A person may not file for record or have recorded in the 
county clerk's office a plat or replat of a subdivision of real 
property unless the plat or replat has attached to it an original 
tax certificate from each taxing unit with jurisdiction of the real 
property indicating that no [delinquent] ad valorem taxes are owed 
on the real property.  This subsection does not apply if more than 
one person acquired the real property from a decedent under a will 
or by inheritance and those persons owning an undivided interest in 
the property obtained approval to subdivide the property to provide 
each person with a divided interest and a separate title to the 
property.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.