Bill Text: TX HB4426 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain counties to cancel platted subdivisions that have remained undeveloped.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-14 - Referred to Local Government [HB4426 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB4426-Engrossed.html

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By: King of Uvalde, Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 4426

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of certain counties to cancel platted
subdivisions that have remained undeveloped.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 232.0085, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (g) to
read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to real property that
[located]:
(1) is located [outside municipalities and the
extraterritorial jurisdiction of municipalities, as determined
under Chapter 42; and
[(2)] in the unincorporated area of an affected
county, as defined by Section 16.341, Water Code, that:
(A) has adopted the model rules developed under
Section 16.343, Water Code;[,] and
(B) is located along an international border; and
(2) if the area is located in the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of a municipality, is not subject to a written
agreement under Section 242.001 that authorizes the municipality to
regulate subdivision plats and approve related permits in the
extraterritorial jurisdiction.
(g) Notwithstanding Section 232.0015(b) or any other law,
this section applies to a subdivision of land to which Subchapter B
applies.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.