Bill Text: TX SB2542 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to certification of compliance with county drainage requirements for subdivisions in counties near an international border.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Local Government [SB2542 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB2542-Introduced.html

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88R5620 SGM-F
By: Blanco S.B. No. 2542

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certification of compliance with county drainage
requirements for subdivisions in counties near an international
border.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 232.028(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) On the commissioners court's own motion or on the
written request of a subdivider, an owner or resident of a lot in a
subdivision, or an entity that provides a utility service, the
commissioners court shall make the following determinations
regarding the land in which the entity or commissioners court is
interested that is located within the jurisdiction of the county:
(1) whether a plat has been prepared and whether it has
been reviewed and approved by the commissioners court;
(2) whether water service facilities have been
constructed or installed to service the lot or subdivision under
Section 232.023 and are fully operable;
(3) whether sewer service facilities have been
constructed or installed to service the lot or subdivision under
Section 232.023 and are fully operable, or if septic systems are
used, whether the lot is served by a permitted on-site sewage
facility or lots in the subdivision can be adequately and legally
served by septic systems under Section 232.023; [and]
(4) whether electrical and gas facilities, if
available, have been constructed or installed to service the lot or
subdivision under Section 232.023; and
(5) whether adequate drainage has been constructed or
installed to service the lot or subdivision under Section 232.023.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.