Bill Text: TX HB3328 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain counties and municipalities to regulate certain subdivisions in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-05 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3328 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3328-Comm_Sub.html
88R23287 SCL-F | |||
By: Vasut | H.B. No. 3328 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3328: | |||
By: Burns | C.S.H.B. No. 3328 |
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relating to the authority of certain counties and municipalities to | ||
regulate certain subdivisions in a municipality's extraterritorial | ||
jurisdiction. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 242, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Sections 242.0012 and 242.0013 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 242.0012. UNILATERAL AMENDMENT OF JURISDICTION | ||
AGREEMENT BY CERTAIN COUNTIES FOR CERTAIN PARCELS. (a) This | ||
section applies only to: | ||
(1) a county that has a population of more than 370,000 | ||
and contains more than eight municipalities, each with a population | ||
of less than 2,000; and | ||
(2) a parcel of land located in a county described by | ||
Subdivision (1) that: | ||
(A) is greater than 10 acres in size or is platted | ||
as part of a phased development that is greater than 10 acres in | ||
size; | ||
(B) is proposed to be subdivided into residential | ||
parcels, each less than one-half acre in size; | ||
(C) is not subject to an agreement under Section | ||
42.044; and | ||
(D) is not subject to an annexation agreement | ||
with a municipality in which the municipality annexes the parcel | ||
not later than the earlier of: | ||
(i) the 20th anniversary of the date any | ||
bond for improvements to the parcel is issued by a municipal utility | ||
district; or | ||
(ii) the 30th anniversary of the date the | ||
agreement is entered into. | ||
(b) A county by order may amend an agreement entered into | ||
under Section 242.001(c) with a municipality to transfer exclusive | ||
jurisdiction to the county to regulate subdivision platting for a | ||
parcel subject to this section. | ||
(c) Before a county may amend an agreement under Subsection | ||
(b), the county must: | ||
(1) consult in person with a representative of the | ||
municipality that is a party to the agreement proposed to be | ||
amended; and | ||
(2) provide the municipality with written notice of | ||
the county's intent to amend the agreement not later than the 90th | ||
day before the date the county amends the agreement. | ||
(d) A county's authority under an amendment adopted under | ||
Subsection (b) applies only to a plat application filed on or after | ||
the date the county adopts the order under that subsection. | ||
Sec. 242.0013. AMENDMENT BY ARBITRATION FOR AGREEMENTS WITH | ||
CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a county that | ||
has a population of more than 370,000 and contains more than eight | ||
municipalities, each with a population of less than 2,000. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a party to an | ||
agreement entered into under Section 242.001(c) may submit an | ||
amendment to the agreement to binding arbitration. Except as | ||
provided by Subsection (c), the other party to the agreement may | ||
submit any other amendment to the agreement for consideration in | ||
the same arbitration not later than the 30th day after the date the | ||
other party receives notice of the arbitration. | ||
(c) A party may not submit an amendment to arbitration under | ||
this section if the amendment applies to a parcel of land to which | ||
Section 242.0012 applies. | ||
(d) Before submitting an amendment to an agreement to | ||
arbitration under Subsection (b), the party that initiates the | ||
arbitration shall consult in person with and provide written notice | ||
not later than the 30th day before the date the arbitration is | ||
initiated to: | ||
(1) if the party is a county, a representative of the | ||
municipality that is the other party to the agreement; or | ||
(2) if the party is a municipality, a representative | ||
of the county that is the other party to the agreement and each | ||
other municipality in the county. | ||
(e) Only one arbitration may be conducted under this section | ||
every 10 years regarding the same agreement entered into under | ||
Section 242.001(c). | ||
(f) Sections 242.0015(b), (c), (e), (f), (g), and (h) apply | ||
to an arbitration conducted under this section. The arbitrator or | ||
arbitration panel, as applicable, must be selected not later than | ||
the 30th day after the date a party provides notice under Subsection | ||
(d). | ||
(g) A county or municipality's authority under an amendment | ||
submitted under Subsection (b) applies only to a plat application | ||
filed on or after the date the arbitrator or arbitration panel, as | ||
applicable, renders a decision under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2023. |