Bill Text: TX SB2440 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that certain plats for the subdivision of land include evidence of groundwater supply.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 1/1/24 [SB2440 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2440-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that certain plats for the subdivision of land include evidence of groundwater supply.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 1/1/24 [SB2440 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2440-Introduced.html
2023S0276-1 03/09/23 | ||
By: Perry | S.B. No. 2440 |
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relating to requiring certain plats for the subdivision of land to | ||
include proof of groundwater supply. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 212.0101(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) If a person submits a plat for the subdivision of a tract | ||
of land for which the source of the water supply intended for the | ||
subdivision is groundwater under that land, the municipal authority | ||
responsible for approving plats by ordinance shall [ |
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the plat application to have attached to it a statement that: | ||
(1) is prepared by an engineer licensed to practice in | ||
this state or a geoscientist licensed to practice in this state; and | ||
(2) certifies that adequate groundwater is available | ||
for the subdivision. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 232.0032(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) If a person submits a plat for the subdivision of a tract | ||
of land for which the source of the water supply intended for the | ||
subdivision is groundwater under that land, the commissioners court | ||
of a county by order shall [ |
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have attached to it a statement that: | ||
(1) is prepared by an engineer licensed to practice in | ||
this state or a geoscientist licensed to practice in this state; and | ||
(2) certifies that adequate groundwater is available | ||
for the subdivision. | ||
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall | ||
adopt rules implementing the changes in law made by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a plat for the subdivision of a tract of land that is filed on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. A plat for the subdivision of | ||
a tract of land that is filed before the effective date of this Act | ||
is governed by the law in effect at the time the application was | ||
filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2023. |