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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to platting requirements affecting subdivision golf |
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courses in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 212.0155(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies to land located wholly or partly: |
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(1) in the corporate boundaries of a municipality if |
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the municipality: |
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(A) [(1)] has a population of more than 50,000; |
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and |
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(B) [(2)] is located wholly or partly in: |
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(i) [(A)] a county with a population of |
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more than three million; |
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(ii) [(B)] a county with a population of |
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more than 400,000 [275,000] that is adjacent to a county with a |
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population of more than three million; or |
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(iii) [(C)] a county with a population of |
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more than 1.4 million: |
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(a) [(i)] in which two or more |
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municipalities with a population of 300,000 or more are primarily |
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located; and |
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(b) [(ii)] that is adjacent to a |
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county with a population of more than two million; or |
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(2) in the corporate boundaries or extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or |
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more. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 212.0155, Local |
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Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to an approval |
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of a plat filed: |
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(1) on or after the effective date of this Act; or |
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(2) before the effective date of this Act if the plat |
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has not received final approval before the effective date of this |
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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. |