By: Kolkhorst (Senate Sponsor - Carona) H.B. No. 3096

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2011; May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the cancellation of a subdivision by a commissioners court.

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

SECTION 1. Section 232.008(h), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(h) Regardless of the date land is subdivided or a plat is filed for a subdivision, the [The] commissioners court may deny a cancellation under this section if the commissioners court determines the cancellation will prevent the proposed interconnection of infrastructure to pending or existing development as defined by Section 232.0085.

SECTION 2. Section 232.008(h), Local Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies to an application for cancellation of all or part of a subdivision filed on or after the effective date of this Act or before the effective date of this Act if the approval of the application filed before the effective date of this Act is not final.

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, 2011.

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