| 1 | 1 | | 88R999 SGM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Goldman H.B. No. 4535 |
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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 the definition of subdivision golf course for purposes |
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| 8 | 8 | | of certain municipal platting requirements. |
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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 212.0155(b)(5), Local Government Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (5) "Subdivision golf course" means an area of land: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (A) that was originally developed as a golf |
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| 14 | 14 | | course or a country club within a common scheme of development for a |
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| 15 | 15 | | predominantly residential single-family development project; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (B) that [was] at any time in the 12 [seven] years |
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| 17 | 17 | | preceding the date on which a new plat for the land is filed: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (i) was used as a golf course or a country |
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| 19 | 19 | | club; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (ii) was zoned as a community facility; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (iii) benefited from restrictive covenants |
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| 22 | 22 | | on adjoining homeowners; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (iv) was designated on a recorded plat as a |
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| 24 | 24 | | golf course or a country club; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (C) that is not separated entirely from the |
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| 26 | 26 | | predominantly residential single-family development project by a |
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| 27 | 27 | | public street. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 29 | 29 | | to a plat filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A plat |
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| 30 | 30 | | filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law |
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| 31 | 31 | | in effect on the date the plat was filed, and that law is continued |
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| 32 | 32 | | in effect for that purpose. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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