H.B. No. 2033
AN ACT
relating to authorizing counties to require the submission of
digital maps in connection with the county plat approval process.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 232.001, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) The commissioners court may require a plat application
submitted for approval to include a digital map that is compatible
with other mapping systems used by the county and that
georeferences the subdivision plat and related public
infrastructure using the Texas Coordinate Systems adopted under
Section 21.071, Natural Resources Code. A digital map required
under this subsection may be required only in a format widely used
by common geographic information system software. A requirement
adopted under this subsection must provide for an exemption from
the requirement if the owner of the tract submits with the plat
application an acknowledged statement indicating that the digital
mapping technology necessary to submit a map that complies with
this subsection was not reasonably accessible.
SECTION 2. Section 232.023, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) The commissioners court may require a plat application
submitted for approval to include a digital map that is compatible
with other mapping systems used by the county and that
georeferences the subdivision plat and related public
infrastructure using the Texas Coordinate Systems adopted under
Section 21.071, Natural Resources Code. A digital map required
under this subsection may be required only in a format widely used
by common geographic information system software. A requirement
adopted under this subsection must provide for an exemption from
the requirement if the subdivider of the tract submits with the plat
application an acknowledged statement indicating that the digital
mapping technology necessary to submit a map that complies with
this subsection was not reasonably accessible.
SECTION 3. Section 232.072, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The commissioners court may require a plat application
submitted for approval to include a digital map that is compatible
with other mapping systems used by the county and that
georeferences the subdivision plat and related public
infrastructure using the Texas Coordinate Systems adopted under
Section 21.071, Natural Resources Code. A digital map required
under this subsection may be required only in a format widely used
by common geographic information system software. A requirement
adopted under this subsection must provide for an exemption from
the requirement if the owner of the tract submits with the plat
application an acknowledged statement indicating that the digital
mapping technology necessary to submit a map that complies with
this subsection was not reasonably accessible.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2033 was passed by the House on April
23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 5, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2033 on May 21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2033 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 19, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 22, Nays
9.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor