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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to approval of certain land development applications by a |
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municipality or county. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 212.009, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) Unless specifically authorized by another law of this |
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state, a municipal planning commission or the governing body of the |
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municipality may not: |
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(1) require a person to fulfill any prerequisites or |
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conditions or obtain any approvals before the person files a copy of |
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the plan or plat with the municipal planning commission or |
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governing body; |
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(2) delay the starting date for calculating any |
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applicable timeframe under this chapter to approve or disapprove a |
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plan or plat by not considering the date the plan or plat was filed |
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as the starting date; or |
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(3) refuse to accept, acknowledge, process, or act on |
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a filed copy of the plan or plat. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 232.00285, Local |
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Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 232.00285. APPROVAL PROCEDURE: LIMITATIONS ON COUNTY |
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AUTHORITY [DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 232.00285, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) Unless specifically authorized by another law of this |
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state, the commissioners court of a county or the court's designee |
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may not: |
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(1) require a person to submit or obtain approval of |
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any documentation or other information or fulfill any other |
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prerequisites or conditions before the person submits a plat |
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application to the commissioners court or the court's designee; |
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(2) delay the starting date for calculating any |
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applicable timeframe under this chapter to approve or disapprove |
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the plat application by not considering the date the application |
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was filed as the starting date; or |
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(3) refuse to accept, acknowledge, process, or act on |
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a submitted or received plat application. |
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SECTION 4. Section 212.009(a-1), Local Government Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies only to a plan or plat filed on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 5. Section 232.00285(a-1), Local Government Code, |
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as added by this Act, applies only to a plat application submitted |
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on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |