84R12802 JTS-D
By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 1575
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to county regulation of lots in platted subdivisions that
have remained undeveloped for 25 years or more.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 232, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 232.110 to read as follows:
Sec. 232.110. APPLICABILITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS
TO LOTS UNDEVELOPED FOR 25 YEARS OR MORE. A commissioners court by
order may implement a process:
(1) applicable to a subdivision in which 50 percent or
more of the lots are undeveloped or unoccupied on or after the 25th
anniversary of the date the plat for the subdivision was recorded
with the county; and
(2) through which the county, to the extent
practicable, may apply to the subdivision more current street,
road, drainage, and other infrastructure requirements.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.