Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	By: Hopper H.B. No. 1322
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6	6	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	relating to municipal approval of subdivision plans or plats in
9	9	certain municipalities.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 212.009, Local Government Code, is
12	12	amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), (b-1), and (b-2) and
13	13	adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
14	14	(a) The municipal authority responsible for approving plats
15	15	shall approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove a plat
16	16	within:
17	17	(1) 30 days after the date the plat is filed; or
18	18	(2) in a municipality with a population of less than
19	19	10,000, 90 days after the date the plat is filed.
20	20	(a-1) A plat is approved by the municipal authority under
21	21	this section unless it is disapproved within a [that] period
22	22	prescribed by this section and in accordance with Section 212.0091.
23	23	(b) If an ordinance requires that a plat be approved by the
24	24	governing body of the municipality in addition to the planning
25	25	commission, the governing body shall approve, approve with
26	26	conditions, or disapprove the plat within:
27	27	(1) 30 days after the date the plat is approved by the
28	28	planning commission or is approved by the inaction of the
29	29	commission; or
30	30	(2) in a municipality with a population of less than
31	31	10,000, 90 days after the date the plat is approved by the planning
32	32	commission or is approved by the inaction of the commission. [A
33	33	plat is approved by the governing body unless it is disapproved
34	34	within that period and in accordance with Section 212.0091.]
35	35	(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or (b), if a
36	36	groundwater availability certification is required under Section
37	37	212.0101, the prescribed [30-day] period described by those
38	38	subsections begins on the date the applicant submits the
39	39	groundwater availability certification to the municipal authority
40	40	responsible for approving plats or the governing body of the
41	41	municipality, as applicable.
42	42	(b-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or (b), the parties
43	43	shall extend the prescribed [30-day] period described by those
44	44	subsections for one or more periods, each not to exceed 30 days if:
45	45	(1) both:
46	46	(A) the applicant requests the extension in
47	47	writing to the municipal authority responsible for approving plats
48	48	or the governing body of the municipality, as applicable; and
49	49	(B) the municipal authority or governing body, as
50	50	applicable, approves the extension request; or
51	51	(2) Chapter 2007, Government Code, requires the
52	52	municipality to perform a takings impact assessment in connection
53	53	with the plan or plat.
54	54	SECTION 2. Section 212.0095(a), Local Government Code, is
55	55	amended to read as follows:
56	56	(a) A municipal authority or governing body that receives a
57	57	response under Section 212.0093 shall determine whether to approve
58	58	or disapprove the applicant's previously conditionally approved or
59	59	disapproved plat not later than:
60	60	(1) the 15th day after the date the response was
61	61	submitted; or
62	62	(2) in a municipality with a population of less than
63	63	10,000, the 45th day after the date the response was submitted.
64	64	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
65	65	an application submitted on or after the effective date of this Act.
66	66	An application submitted before the effective date of this Act is
67	67	governed by the law applicable to the application immediately
68	68	before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in
69	69	effect for that purpose.
70	70	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.