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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an application filed with a county commissioners court |
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to revise a subdivision plat. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 232.041, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and |
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(e) to read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), after [After] |
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the application is filed with the commissioners court, the court |
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shall publish a notice of the application in a newspaper of general |
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circulation in the county. The notice must include a statement of |
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the time and place at which the court will meet to consider the |
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application and to hear protests to the revision of the plat. The |
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notice must be published at least three times during the period that |
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begins on the 30th day and ends on the seventh day before the date of |
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the meeting. If all or part of the subdivided tract has been sold to |
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nondeveloper owners, the court shall also give notice to each of |
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those owners by certified or registered mail, return receipt |
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requested, at the owner's address in the subdivided tract. |
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(b-1) If the commissioners court determines that the |
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revision to the subdivision plat does not affect a public interest, |
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including an effect on a public road, the notice requirements under |
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Subsection (b) do not apply to the application and the |
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commissioners court shall provide written notice of the application |
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to the owners of the lots that are within 200 feet of the |
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subdivision plat to be revised, as indicated in the most recent |
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records of the central appraisal district of the county in which the |
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lots are located. |
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(e) The commissioners court may impose a fee for filing an |
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application under this section. The amount of the fee must be based |
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on the cost of processing the application, including publishing the |
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notices required under Subsection (b) or (b-1). |
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SECTION 2. Section 232.041, Local Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to an application filed on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |