Bill Text: TX HB866 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to approval of certain land development applications by a municipality or county.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-24 - Not again placed on intent calendar [HB866 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB866-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to approval of certain land development applications by a municipality or county.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-24 - Not again placed on intent calendar [HB866 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB866-Introduced.html
88R2516 SCL-F | ||
By: Oliverson | H.B. No. 866 |
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relating to approval of certain land development applications by a | ||
municipality or county. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 212.009, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) Unless specifically authorized by another law of this | ||
state, a municipal planning commission or the governing body of the | ||
municipality may not: | ||
(1) require a person to fulfill any prerequisites or | ||
conditions or obtain any approvals before the person files a copy of | ||
the plan or plat with the municipal planning commission or | ||
governing body; | ||
(2) delay the starting date for calculating any | ||
applicable timeframe under this chapter to approve or disapprove a | ||
plan or plat by not considering the date the plan or plat was filed | ||
as the starting date; or | ||
(3) refuse to accept, acknowledge, process, or act on | ||
a filed copy of the plan or plat. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 232.00285, Local | ||
Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 232.00285. APPROVAL PROCEDURE: LIMITATIONS ON COUNTY | ||
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SECTION 3. Section 232.00285, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) Unless specifically authorized by another law of this | ||
state, the commissioners court of a county or the court's designee | ||
may not: | ||
(1) require a person to submit or obtain approval of | ||
any documentation or other information or fulfill any other | ||
prerequisites or conditions before the person submits a plat | ||
application to the commissioners court or the court's designee; | ||
(2) delay the starting date for calculating any | ||
applicable timeframe under this chapter to approve or disapprove | ||
the plat application by not considering the date the application | ||
was filed as the starting date; or | ||
(3) refuse to accept, acknowledge, process, or act on | ||
a submitted or received plat application. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 212.009(a-1), Local Government Code, as | ||
added by this Act, applies only to a plan or plat filed on or after | ||
the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 232.00285(a-1), Local Government Code, | ||
as added by this Act, applies only to a plat application submitted | ||
on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |