89R19375 JBD-F
 
  By: Muñoz, Virdell H.B. No. 4897
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4897:
 
  By:  Gates C.S.H.B. No. 4897
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the time period for municipal approval, conditional
  approval, or disapproval of a plat.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 212.009, Local Government Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  For the purpose of Subsection (a), a plat application
  is considered filed on the day the applicant pays the first required
  fee applicable to the application to the municipal authority
  responsible for approving the plat.
         SECTION 2.  Section 212.009, Local Government Code, as
  amended by this Act, applies only to a plat application filed on or
  after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2025.