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BILL ANALYSIS |
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By: Gallego |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Current law requires that notice of the date, time, and place that certain commissioners courts (those in counties near an international border) will consider an application to revise a subdivision plat be published three times in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. Further, certain landowners must be provided notice by certified or registered mail. In most instances, the cost of publication and mailing exceeds the plat process fee as set by order of the commissioners court. This bill allows certain counties to recoup some of the costs for these publication requirements.
H.B. 1680 authorizes the commissioners court of certain counties, those near an international border, to impose a fee based on the cost of processing an application to revise a subdivision plat, including costs associated with required notices.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
H.B. 1680 amends the Local Government Code to authorize a commissioners court to impose a fee for an application to revise a subdivision plat in a county near an international border. The bill requires the amount of the fee to be based on the cost of processing the application, including costs associated with required notices.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Upon passage, or, if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act takes effect September 1, 2009.