By: Gallego (Senate Sponsor - Uresti) H.B. No. 1680

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2009; May 4, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; May 25, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 25, 2009, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1680 By: Nichols

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an application filed with a county commissioners court to revise a subdivision plat.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 232.041, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:

(e) The commissioners court may impose a fee for an application under this section. The amount of the fee must be based on the cost of processing the application, including the notices required under Subsection (b) not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00).

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section 232.041, Local Government Code, applies only to an application filed on or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. 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, 2009.

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