By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 580

(In the Senate - Filed January 24, 2023; February 17, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government; March 29, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 29, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of certain counties to cancel platted subdivisions that have remained undeveloped.

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

SECTION 1. Section 232.0085(a), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) This section applies only to real property that [located]:

(1) [outside municipalities and the extraterritorial jurisdiction of municipalities, as determined under Chapter 42; and

[(2)] is located in the unincorporated area of an affected county, as defined by Section 16.341, Water Code, that:

(A) has adopted the model rules developed under Section 16.343, Water Code;[,] and

(B) is located along an international border; and

(2) if the area is located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, is not subject to a written agreement under Section 242.001 that authorizes the municipality to regulate subdivision plats and approve related permits in the extraterritorial jurisdiction.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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