89R15699 SCL-F
By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 1708
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the effect of the model subdivision rules on an
exception to county platting requirements applicable to the
extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 232.0013, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 232.0013. CHAPTER-WIDE PROVISION RELATING TO
REGULATION OF PLATS AND SUBDIVISIONS IN EXTRATERRITORIAL
JURISDICTION. (a) The authority of a county under this chapter
relating to the regulation of plats or subdivisions in the
extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is subject to any
applicable limitation prescribed by an agreement under Section
242.001 or by Section 242.002.
(b) The model subdivision rules adopted under Section
16.343, Water Code, do not supersede an exception to platting
requirements under this chapter applicable to the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of a municipality.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.