Bill Text: TX HB2033 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing counties to require the submission of digital maps in connection with the county plat approval process.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2033 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2033-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2033 | ||
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| relating to authorizing counties to require the submission of | ||
| digital maps in connection with the county plat approval process. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 232.001, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) The commissioners court may require a plat application | ||
| submitted for approval to include a digital map that is compatible | ||
| with other mapping systems used by the county and that | ||
| georeferences the subdivision plat and related public | ||
| infrastructure using the Texas Coordinate Systems adopted under | ||
| Section 21.071, Natural Resources Code. A digital map required | ||
| under this subsection may be required only in a format widely used | ||
| by common geographic information system software. A requirement | ||
| adopted under this subsection must provide for an exemption from | ||
| the requirement if the owner of the tract submits with the plat | ||
| application an acknowledged statement indicating that the digital | ||
| mapping technology necessary to submit a map that complies with | ||
| this subsection was not reasonably accessible. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 232.023, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) The commissioners court may require a plat application | ||
| submitted for approval to include a digital map that is compatible | ||
| with other mapping systems used by the county and that | ||
| georeferences the subdivision plat and related public | ||
| infrastructure using the Texas Coordinate Systems adopted under | ||
| Section 21.071, Natural Resources Code. A digital map required | ||
| under this subsection may be required only in a format widely used | ||
| by common geographic information system software. A requirement | ||
| adopted under this subsection must provide for an exemption from | ||
| the requirement if the subdivider of the tract submits with the plat | ||
| application an acknowledged statement indicating that the digital | ||
| mapping technology necessary to submit a map that complies with | ||
| this subsection was not reasonably accessible. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 232.072, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The commissioners court may require a plat application | ||
| submitted for approval to include a digital map that is compatible | ||
| with other mapping systems used by the county and that | ||
| georeferences the subdivision plat and related public | ||
| infrastructure using the Texas Coordinate Systems adopted under | ||
| Section 21.071, Natural Resources Code. A digital map required | ||
| under this subsection may be required only in a format widely used | ||
| by common geographic information system software. A requirement | ||
| adopted under this subsection must provide for an exemption from | ||
| the requirement if the owner of the tract submits with the plat | ||
| application an acknowledged statement indicating that the digital | ||
| mapping technology necessary to submit a map that complies with | ||
| this subsection was not reasonably accessible. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2033 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 5, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 2033 on May 21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, | ||
| 1 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2033 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 19, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 22, Nays | ||
| 9. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
