| 1 | 1 | | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1454 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2015; March 19, 2015, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental |
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| 4 | 4 | | Relations; April 22, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable |
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| 5 | 5 | | Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 1; |
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| 6 | 6 | | April 22, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | 8 | | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1454 By: Lucio |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 13 | 13 | | relating to authorizing counties to require the submission of |
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| 14 | 14 | | digital maps in connection with the county plat approval process. |
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| 15 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Section 232.001, Local Government Code, is |
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| 17 | 17 | | amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (f) The commissioners court may require a plat application |
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| 19 | 19 | | submitted for approval to include a digital map that is compatible |
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| 20 | 20 | | with other mapping systems used by the county and that |
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| 21 | 21 | | georeferences approved subdivision plats and related |
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| 22 | 22 | | infrastructure. A digital map required under this subsection may |
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| 23 | 23 | | be required only in a format widely used by common geographic |
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| 24 | 24 | | information system software. A requirement adopted under this |
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| 25 | 25 | | subsection must provide for an exemption from the requirement if |
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| 26 | 26 | | the owner of the tract submits with the plat application an |
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| 27 | 27 | | acknowledged statement indicating that the digital mapping |
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| 28 | 28 | | technology necessary to submit a map that complies with this |
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| 29 | 29 | | subsection was not reasonably accessible. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. Section 232.023, Local Government Code, is |
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| 31 | 31 | | amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (f) The commissioners court may require a plat application |
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| 33 | 33 | | submitted for approval to include a digital map that is compatible |
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| 34 | 34 | | with other mapping systems used by the county and that |
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| 35 | 35 | | georeferences approved subdivision plats and related |
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| 36 | 36 | | infrastructure. A digital map required under this subsection may |
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| 37 | 37 | | be required only in a format widely used by common geographic |
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| 38 | 38 | | information system software. A requirement adopted under this |
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| 39 | 39 | | subsection must provide for an exemption from the requirement if |
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| 40 | 40 | | the subdivider of the tract submits with the plat application an |
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| 41 | 41 | | acknowledged statement indicating that the digital mapping |
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| 42 | 42 | | technology necessary to submit a map that complies with this |
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| 43 | 43 | | subsection was not reasonably accessible. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 3. Section 232.072, Local Government Code, is |
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| 45 | 45 | | amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 46 | 46 | | (d) The commissioners court may require a plat application |
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| 47 | 47 | | submitted for approval to include a digital map that is compatible |
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| 48 | 48 | | with other mapping systems used by the county and that |
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| 49 | 49 | | georeferences approved subdivision plats and related |
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| 50 | 50 | | infrastructure. A digital map required under this subsection may |
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| 51 | 51 | | be required only in a format widely used by common geographic |
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| 52 | 52 | | information system software. A requirement adopted under this |
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| 53 | 53 | | subsection must provide for an exemption from the requirement if |
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| 54 | 54 | | the owner of the tract submits with the plat application an |
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| 55 | 55 | | acknowledged statement indicating that the digital mapping |
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| 56 | 56 | | technology necessary to submit a map that complies with this |
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| 57 | 57 | | subsection was not reasonably accessible. |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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