By: Patrick S.B. No. 1789
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to platting requirements affecting subdivision golf
courses in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 212.0155, Local
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) This section applies to land located wholly or partly:
(1) in the corporate boundaries of a municipality if
the municipality:
(A) [(1)] has a population of more than 50,000;
and
(B) [(2)] is located wholly or partly in:
(i) [(A)] a county with a population of
more than three million;
(ii) [(B)] a county with a population of
more than 400,000 [275,000] that is adjacent to a county with a
population of more than three million; or
(iii) [(C)] a county with a population of
more than 1.4 million:
(a) [(i)] in which two or more
municipalities with a population of 300,000 or more are primarily
located; and
(b) [(ii)] that is adjacent to a
county with a population of more than two million; or
(2) in the corporate boundaries or extraterritorial
jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or
more.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 212.0155, Local
Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to an approval
of a plat filed:
(1) on or after the effective date of this Act; or
(2) before the effective date of this Act if the plat
has not received final approval before the effective date of this
Act.
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.