88R2516 SCL-F
By: Hughes S.B. No. 494
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to approval of certain land development applications by a
municipality or county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 212.009, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Unless specifically authorized by another law of this
state, a municipal planning commission or the governing body of the
municipality may not:
(1) require a person to fulfill any prerequisites or
conditions or obtain any approvals before the person files a copy of
the plan or plat with the municipal planning commission or
governing body;
(2) delay the starting date for calculating any
applicable timeframe under this chapter to approve or disapprove a
plan or plat by not considering the date the plan or plat was filed
as the starting date; or
(3) refuse to accept, acknowledge, process, or act on
a filed copy of the plan or plat.
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 232.00285, Local
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 232.00285. APPROVAL PROCEDURE: LIMITATIONS ON COUNTY
AUTHORITY [DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW].
SECTION 3. Section 232.00285, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Unless specifically authorized by another law of this
state, the commissioners court of a county or the court's designee
may not:
(1) require a person to submit or obtain approval of
any documentation or other information or fulfill any other
prerequisites or conditions before the person submits a plat
application to the commissioners court or the court's designee;
(2) delay the starting date for calculating any
applicable timeframe under this chapter to approve or disapprove
the plat application by not considering the date the application
was filed as the starting date; or
(3) refuse to accept, acknowledge, process, or act on
a submitted or received plat application.
SECTION 4. Section 212.009(a-1), Local Government Code, as
added by this Act, applies only to a plan or plat filed on or after
the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 5. Section 232.00285(a-1), Local Government Code,
as added by this Act, applies only to a plat application submitted
on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.