Bill Text: TX SB1878 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-26 - Referred to Local Government [SB1878 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1878-Introduced.html

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87R9074 DRS-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1878

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(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to real property that
[located]:
(1) [outside municipalities and the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of municipalities, as determined under Chapter 42; and
[(2)] is located 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.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.