88R9376 MZM-D By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 4974 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to an exception to county platting requirements for certain large tracts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 232.0015(f), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (f) A county may not require the owner of a tract of land located outside the limits of a municipality who divides the tract into two or more parts to have a plat of the subdivision prepared if: (1) all of the lots of the subdivision are more than 25 [10] acres in area; and (2) the owner does not lay out a part of the tract described by Section 232.001(a)(3). SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.