89R8285 DNC-D
By: Orr H.B. No. 2233
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to county notification requirements for incomplete plat
applications.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 232.0025, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
read as follows:
(b) If a person submits a plat application to the
commissioners court that does not include all of the documentation
or other information required by Subsection (a), the commissioners
court or the county authority responsible for approving plats shall
[, not later than the 10th business day after the date the
commissioners court receives the application,] notify the
applicant of the missing documents or other information not later
than:
(1) the 10th business day after the date the
commissioners court receives the application; or
(2) the 30th day after the date the commissioners
court receives the application, if the county has a population less
than 850,000.
(b-1) The commissioners court or the county authority
responsible for approving plats shall allow an applicant to timely
submit the missing documents or other information for a plat
application that does not include all of the documentation or other
information required by Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. Section 232.0025, Local Government Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to a plat application filed on or
after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.