Bill Text: TX SB2542 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certification of compliance with county drainage requirements for subdivisions in counties near an international border.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Local Government [SB2542 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2542-Introduced.html
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By: Blanco | S.B. No. 2542 |
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relating to certification of compliance with county drainage | ||
requirements for subdivisions in counties near an international | ||
border. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 232.028(b), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) On the commissioners court's own motion or on the | ||
written request of a subdivider, an owner or resident of a lot in a | ||
subdivision, or an entity that provides a utility service, the | ||
commissioners court shall make the following determinations | ||
regarding the land in which the entity or commissioners court is | ||
interested that is located within the jurisdiction of the county: | ||
(1) whether a plat has been prepared and whether it has | ||
been reviewed and approved by the commissioners court; | ||
(2) whether water service facilities have been | ||
constructed or installed to service the lot or subdivision under | ||
Section 232.023 and are fully operable; | ||
(3) whether sewer service facilities have been | ||
constructed or installed to service the lot or subdivision under | ||
Section 232.023 and are fully operable, or if septic systems are | ||
used, whether the lot is served by a permitted on-site sewage | ||
facility or lots in the subdivision can be adequately and legally | ||
served by septic systems under Section 232.023; [ |
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(4) whether electrical and gas facilities, if | ||
available, have been constructed or installed to service the lot or | ||
subdivision under Section 232.023; and | ||
(5) whether adequate drainage has been constructed or | ||
installed to service the lot or subdivision under Section 232.023. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |