Bill Text: TX HB4303 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to exceptions to municipal plat requirements for certain property developments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Land & Resource Management [HB4303 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4303-Introduced.html

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88R33 SGM-F
By: Gates H.B. No. 4303

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to exceptions to municipal plat requirements for certain
property developments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 212.0046, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 212.0046. EXCEPTION TO PLAT REQUIREMENT: CERTAIN
PROPERTY ABUTTING AIRCRAFT RUNWAY. An owner of a tract of land is
not required to prepare a plat if the land:
(1) is located wholly within a municipality with a
population of 65,000 [5,000] or less;
(2) is divided into parts larger than 2-1/2 acres; and
(3) abuts any part of an aircraft runway.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 212, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 212.0455 to read as follows:
Sec. 212.0455. EXCEPTION TO PLAT REQUIREMENT: MUNICIPAL
DETERMINATION. To determine whether specific developments of
tracts of land are required to be platted under this subchapter, a
municipality may define and classify the developments. A
municipality need not require platting for every development of a
tract of land otherwise within the scope of this subchapter.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.