By: Middleton S.B. No. 1761
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to infrastructure planning and lot frontages in the
unincorporated area of certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 232, Local
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER E. INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING PROVISIONS [IN
CERTAIN URBAN COUNTIES]
SECTION 2. Section 232.101, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) This subsection applies only to a county that has a
population of more than 370,000 and contains more than ten
municipalities with a population of less than 2,000. After
complying with the procedures described by Subsection (a), the
commissioners court of a county may adopt additional rules
governing plats and subdivisions of land within the unincorporated
area of the county. The rules adopted under this subsection may
include only:
(1) lot frontage minimums;
(2) road width requirements based on the lot density
of a development; and
(3) ingress and egress requirements based on the lot
density of a development.
SECTION 3. Section 232.103, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 232.103. LOT FRONTAGES. (a) By an order adopted and
entered in the minutes of the commissioners court and after a notice
is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county,
the commissioners court may adopt reasonable standards for minimum
lot frontages on existing county roads and establish reasonable
standards for the lot frontages in relation to curves in the road.
(b) This subsection applies only to a county that has a
population of more than 370,000 and contains more than ten
municipalities with a population of less than 2,000. After
complying with the procedures described by Subsection (a), the
commissioners court of a county may adopt reasonable standards for
minimum lot frontages on planned roads within a subdivision for
which a plat is required under this chapter and establish
reasonable standards for the lot frontages in relation to curves in
the road.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.