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Amend SB 1947 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 212.009, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Unless specifically authorized by another law of this state, a municipal planning commission or the governing body of the municipality may not:
(1) require a person to submit or obtain approval of any document or fulfill any other prerequisites or conditions before the person files a copy of the plan or plat with the municipal planning commission or governing body; or
(2) refuse to accept a filed copy of the plan or plat.
SECTION ____. Section 212.009(a-1), Local Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a plan or plat application filed on or after the effective date of this Act.