87(1) SB 75 - Introduced version - Bill Text
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to approval of certain land development applications by a |
 
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municipality or county. |
 
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             BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
 
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             SECTION  1.    Section 212.009, Local Government Code, is |
 
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
 
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             (a-1)    Unless specifically authorized by another law of this |
 
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state, a municipal planning commission or the governing body of the |
 
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municipality may not: |
 
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                         (1)    require a person to fulfill any prerequisites or |
 
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conditions or obtain any approvals before the person files a copy of |
 
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the plan or plat with the municipal planning commission or |
 
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governing body; |
 
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                         (2)    delay the starting date for calculating any |
 
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applicable timeframe under this chapter to approve or disapprove a |
 
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plan or plat by not considering the date the plan or plat was filed |
 
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as the starting date; or |
 
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                         (3)    refuse to accept, acknowledge, process, or act on |
 
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a filed copy of the plan or plat. |
 
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             SECTION  2.    The heading to Section 232.00285, Local |
 
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Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
 
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             Sec.  232.00285.    APPROVAL PROCEDURE: LIMITATIONS ON COUNTY |
 
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AUTHORITY [DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW]. |
 
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             SECTION  3.    Section 232.00285, Local Government Code, is |
 
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
 
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             (a-1)    Unless specifically authorized by another law of this |
 
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state, the commissioners court of a county or the court's designee |
 
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may not: |
 
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                         (1)    require a person to submit or obtain approval of |
 
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any documentation or other information or fulfill any other |
 
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prerequisites or conditions before the person submits a plat |
 
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application or development plan application to the commissioners |
 
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court or the court's designee; |
 
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                         (2)    delay the starting date for calculating any |
 
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applicable timeframe under this chapter to approve or disapprove |
 
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the plat application or development plan application by not |
 
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considering the date the application was filed as the starting |
 
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date; or |
 
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                         (3)    refuse to accept, acknowledge, process, or act on |
 
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a submitted or received plat application or development plan |
 
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application. |
 
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             SECTION  4.    Section 212.009(a-1), Local Government Code, as |
 
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added by this Act, applies only to a plan or plat filed on or after |
 
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the effective date of this Act. |
 
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             SECTION  5.    Section 232.00285(a-1), Local Government Code, |
 
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as added by this Act, applies only to a plat application or |
 
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development plan application submitted on or after the effective |
 
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date of this Act. |
 
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             SECTION  6.    This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
 
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last day of the legislative session. |