By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1454
(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2015; March 19, 2015, read
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; April 22, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 1;
April 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1454 By: Lucio
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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 approved subdivision plats and related
infrastructure. 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 approved subdivision plats and related
infrastructure. 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 approved subdivision plats and related
infrastructure. 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.
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