By: Guillen | H.B. No. 3929 |
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relating to subdivision platting requirements in counties near an | ||
international border. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 232.022(b), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) This subchapter applies only to land that is subdivided | ||
into two or more lots that are intended primarily for residential | ||
use in the jurisdiction of the county. A lot is presumed to be | ||
intended for residential use if the lot is less than five acres [ |
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incident to the conveyance of the land as a gift between persons | ||
related to each other within the third degree by affinity or | ||
consanguinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 232, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 232.045 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 232.045. BUILDING PERMIT. (a) The county shall issue | ||
a residential building permit to a person submitting an application | ||
for the permit who has: | ||
(1) met the applicable requirements under this | ||
subchapter; and | ||
(2) otherwise complied with the applicable law and | ||
rules relating to the issuance of the building permit; and | ||
(3) has a single residence on the tract or will have a | ||
single residence on the tract after the construction allowed by the | ||
building permit is complete. | ||
(b) The county shall also issue a residential building | ||
permit to an applicant who: | ||
(1) owns a tract of at least 5 but not more than 10 | ||
acres of land that has access to public roads and to the appropriate | ||
services as required by the county for building permits, that has | ||
not had a county-approved plat filed with the county clerk, and that | ||
is used for agricultural purposes; and | ||
(2) has otherwise complied with the applicable law and | ||
rules relating to the issuance of the building permit; and | ||
(3) has a single residence on the tract or will have a | ||
single residence on the tract after the construction allowed by the | ||
building permit is complete. | ||
(c) The county may charge a reasonable fee to cover the cost | ||
of administering the issuance of residential building permits under | ||
this subchapter. | ||
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. |