By: Kolkhorst (Senate Sponsor - Carona) H.B. No. 3096
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2011;
May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to
printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the cancellation of a subdivision by a commissioners
court.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 232.008(h), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(h) Regardless of the date land is subdivided or a plat is
filed for a subdivision, the [The] commissioners court may deny a
cancellation under this section if the commissioners court
determines the cancellation will prevent the proposed
interconnection of infrastructure to pending or existing
development as defined by Section 232.0085.
SECTION 2. Section 232.008(h), Local Government Code, as
amended by this Act, applies to an application for cancellation of
all or part of a subdivision filed on or after the effective date of
this Act or before the effective date of this Act if the approval of
the application filed before the effective date of this Act is not
final.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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