Bill Text: TX SB851 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to subdivision plat requirements for certain counties located near the international border.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to Local Government [SB851 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB851-Introduced.html

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88R4205 SCL-D
By: Blanco S.B. No. 851

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to subdivision plat requirements for certain counties
located near the international border.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 232.023(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A plat required under this section must:
(1) be certified by a surveyor or engineer registered
to practice in this state;
(2) define the subdivision by metes and bounds;
(3) locate the subdivision with respect to an original
corner of the original survey of which it is a part;
(4) describe each lot, number each lot in progression,
[and] give the dimensions of each lot, and provide an address for
each lot sufficient for the provision of 9-1-1 services;
(5) state the dimensions of and accurately describe
each lot, street, alley, square, park, or other part of the tract
intended to be dedicated to public use or for the use of purchasers
or owners of lots fronting on or adjacent to the street, alley,
square, park, or other part;
(6) include or have attached a document containing a
description in English and Spanish of the water and sewer
facilities and roadways and easements dedicated for the provision
of water and sewer facilities that will be constructed or installed
to service the subdivision and a statement specifying the date by
which the facilities will be fully operable;
(7) have attached a document prepared by an engineer
registered to practice in this state certifying that the water and
sewer service facilities proposed under Subdivision (6) are in
compliance with the model rules adopted under Section 16.343, Water
Code, and a certified estimate of the cost to install water and
sewer service facilities;
(8) provide for drainage in the subdivision to:
(A) avoid concentration of storm drainage water
from each lot to adjacent lots;
(B) provide positive drainage away from all
buildings; and
(C) coordinate individual lot drainage with the
general storm drainage pattern for the area;
(9) include a description of the drainage requirements
as provided in Subdivision (8);
(10) identify the topography of the area;
(11) include a certification by a surveyor or engineer
registered to practice in this state describing any area of the
subdivision that is in a floodplain or stating that no area is in a
floodplain; and
(12) include certification that the subdivider has
complied with the requirements of Section 232.032 and that:
(A) the water quality and connections to the lots
meet, or will meet, the minimum state standards;
(B) sewer connections to the lots or septic tanks
meet, or will meet, the minimum requirements of state standards;
(C) electrical connections provided to the lot
meet, or will meet, the minimum state standards; and
(D) gas connections, if available, provided to
the lot meet, or will meet, the minimum state standards.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a plat application filed on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.