By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1867
 
 
 
   
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the filing of an amended subdivision plat with a county
to correct certain errors or omissions.
       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.  AMENDING PLAT. (a)  The commissioners court
may approve and issue an amending plat, if the amending plat is
signed by the applicants and filed for one or more of the following
purposes:
             (1)  to correct an error in a course or distance shown
on the preceding plat;
             (2)  to add a course or distance that was omitted on the
preceding plat;
             (3)  to correct an error in a real property description
shown on the preceding plat;
             (4)  to show the location or character of a monument
that has been changed in location or character or that is shown
incorrectly as to location or character on the preceding plat;
             (5)  to correct any other type of scrivener or clerical
error or omission of the previously approved plat, including lot
numbers, acreage, street names, and identification of adjacent
recorded plats; or
             (6)  to correct an error in courses and distances of lot
lines between two adjacent lots if:
                   (A)  both lot owners join in the application for
amending the plat;
                   (B)  neither lot is abolished;
                   (C)  the amendment does not attempt to remove
recorded covenants or restrictions; and
                   (D)  the amendment does not have a material
adverse effect on the property rights of the other owners of the
property that is the subject of the plat.
       (b)  The amending plat controls over the preceding plat
without the vacation, revision, or cancellation of the preceding
plat.
       (c)  Notice, a hearing, and the approval of other lot owners
are not required for the filing, recording, or approval of an
amending plat.
       SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 232, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 232.044 to read as follows:
       Sec. 232.044.  AMENDING PLAT. The commissioners court may
approve and issue an amending plat under this subchapter in the same
manner, for the same purposes, and subject to the same related
provisions as provided by Section 232.011.
       SECTION 3.  Subchapter C, Chapter 232, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 232.081 to read as follows:
       Sec. 232.081.  AMENDING PLAT. The commissioners court may
approve and issue an amending plat under this subchapter in the same
manner, for the same purposes, and subject to the same related
provisions as provided by Section 232.011.
       SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.