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| 2 | 2 | | By: Gates H.B. No. 4303 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to exceptions to municipal plat requirements for certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | property developments. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 212.0046, Local Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 212.0046. EXCEPTION TO PLAT REQUIREMENT: CERTAIN |
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| 13 | 13 | | PROPERTY ABUTTING AIRCRAFT RUNWAY. An owner of a tract of land is |
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| 14 | 14 | | not required to prepare a plat if the land: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) is located wholly within a municipality with a |
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| 16 | 16 | | population of 65,000 [5,000] or less; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) is divided into parts larger than 2-1/2 acres; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) abuts any part of an aircraft runway. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 212, Local Government |
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| 20 | 20 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 212.0455 to read as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | Sec. 212.0455. EXCEPTION TO PLAT REQUIREMENT: MUNICIPAL |
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| 22 | 22 | | DETERMINATION. To determine whether specific developments of |
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| 23 | 23 | | tracts of land are required to be platted under this subchapter, a |
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| 24 | 24 | | municipality may define and classify the developments. A |
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| 25 | 25 | | municipality need not require platting for every development of a |
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| 26 | 26 | | tract of land otherwise within the scope of this subchapter. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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