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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to infrastructure planning and lot frontages in the |
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unincorporated area of certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 232, Local |
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Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER E. INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING PROVISIONS [IN |
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CERTAIN URBAN COUNTIES] |
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SECTION 2. Section 232.101, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) This subsection applies only to a county that has a |
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population of more than 370,000 and contains more than ten |
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municipalities with a population of less than 2,000. After |
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complying with the procedures described by Subsection (a), the |
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commissioners court of a county may adopt additional rules |
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governing plats and subdivisions of land within the unincorporated |
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area of the county. The rules adopted under this subsection may |
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include only: |
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(1) lot frontage minimums; |
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(2) road width requirements based on the lot density |
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of a development; and |
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(3) ingress and egress requirements based on the lot |
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density of a development. |
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SECTION 3. Section 232.103, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 232.103. LOT FRONTAGES. (a) By an order adopted and |
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entered in the minutes of the commissioners court and after a notice |
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is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, |
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the commissioners court may adopt reasonable standards for minimum |
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lot frontages on existing county roads and establish reasonable |
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standards for the lot frontages in relation to curves in the road. |
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(b) This subsection applies only to a county that has a |
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population of more than 370,000 and contains more than ten |
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municipalities with a population of less than 2,000. After |
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complying with the procedures described by Subsection (a), the |
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commissioners court of a county may adopt reasonable standards for |
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minimum lot frontages on planned roads within a subdivision for |
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which a plat is required under this chapter and establish |
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reasonable standards for the lot frontages in relation to curves in |
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the road. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |