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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain counties to cancel platted |
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subdivisions that have remained undeveloped. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 232.0085(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to real property that |
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[located]: |
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(1) [outside municipalities and the extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction of municipalities, as determined under Chapter 42; and |
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[(2)] is located in the unincorporated area of an |
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affected county, as defined by Section 16.341, Water Code, that: |
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(A) has adopted the model rules developed under |
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Section 16.343, Water Code;[,] and |
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(B) is located along an international border; and |
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(2) if the area is located in the extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction of a municipality, is not subject to a written |
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agreement under Section 242.001 that authorizes the municipality to |
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regulate subdivision plats and approve related permits in the |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |