By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1454

(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2015; March 19, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; April 22, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 1; April 22, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1454 By: Lucio

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to authorizing counties to require the submission of digital maps in connection with the county plat approval process.

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

SECTION 1. Section 232.001, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:

(f) The commissioners court may require a plat application submitted for approval to include a digital map that is compatible with other mapping systems used by the county and that georeferences approved subdivision plats and related infrastructure. A digital map required under this subsection may be required only in a format widely used by common geographic information system software. A requirement adopted under this subsection must provide for an exemption from the requirement if the owner of the tract submits with the plat application an acknowledged statement indicating that the digital mapping technology necessary to submit a map that complies with this subsection was not reasonably accessible.

SECTION 2. Section 232.023, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:

(f) The commissioners court may require a plat application submitted for approval to include a digital map that is compatible with other mapping systems used by the county and that georeferences approved subdivision plats and related infrastructure. A digital map required under this subsection may be required only in a format widely used by common geographic information system software. A requirement adopted under this subsection must provide for an exemption from the requirement if the subdivider of the tract submits with the plat application an acknowledged statement indicating that the digital mapping technology necessary to submit a map that complies with this subsection was not reasonably accessible.

SECTION 3. Section 232.072, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(d) The commissioners court may require a plat application submitted for approval to include a digital map that is compatible with other mapping systems used by the county and that georeferences approved subdivision plats and related infrastructure. A digital map required under this subsection may be required only in a format widely used by common geographic information system software. A requirement adopted under this subsection must provide for an exemption from the requirement if the owner of the tract submits with the plat application an acknowledged statement indicating that the digital mapping technology necessary to submit a map that complies with this subsection was not reasonably accessible.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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