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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the amendment of restrictions affecting real property |
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in certain subdivisions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subdivision (4), Section 211.001, Property Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(4) "Residential real estate subdivision" or |
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"subdivision" means all land encompassed within one or more maps or |
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plats of land that is divided into two or more parts if: |
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(A) the maps or plats cover land all or part of |
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which is not located within a municipality and: |
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(i) for a county with a population of less |
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than 65,000, is not located within the extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction of a municipality; [or] |
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(ii) for a county with a population of at |
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least 65,000 and less than 135,000, is located wholly within the |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality; or |
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(iii) for a county that borders Lake |
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Buchanan and has a population of at least 18,500 and less than |
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19,500, is located wholly within the extraterritorial jurisdiction |
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of a municipality; |
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(B) the land encompassed within the maps or plats |
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is or was burdened by restrictions limiting all or at least a |
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majority of the land area covered by the map or plat, excluding |
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streets and public areas, to residential use only; and |
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(C) all instruments creating the restrictions |
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are recorded in the deed or real property records of a county. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 211.002, Property Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This chapter applies only to a residential real estate |
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subdivision or any unit or parcel of a subdivision: |
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(1) all or part of which is located within an |
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unincorporated area of a county if the county has a population of |
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less than 65,000; [or] |
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(2) all of which is located within the |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality located in a county |
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that has a population of at least 65,000 and less than 135,000; or |
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(3) all of which is located within the |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality located in a county |
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that borders Lake Buchanan and has a population of at least 18,500 |
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and less than 19,500. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |