Bill Text: TX SB37 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to approval of certain land development applications by a municipality or county.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-09-22 - Filed [SB37 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB37-Introduced.html
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| By: Hughes | S.B. No. 37 | |
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| relating to approval of certain land development applications by a | ||
| municipality or county. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 212.009, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) Unless specifically authorized by another law of this | ||
| state, a municipal planning commission or the governing body of the | ||
| municipality may not: | ||
| (1) require a person to fulfill any prerequisites or | ||
| conditions or obtain any approvals before the person files a copy of | ||
| the plan or plat with the municipal planning commission or | ||
| governing body; | ||
| (2) delay the starting date for calculating any | ||
| applicable timeframe under this chapter to approve or disapprove a | ||
| plan or plat by not considering the date the plan or plat was filed | ||
| as the starting date; or | ||
| (3) refuse to accept, acknowledge, process, or act on | ||
| a filed copy of the plan or plat. | ||
| SECTION 2. The heading to Section 232.00285, Local | ||
| Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 232.00285. APPROVAL PROCEDURE: LIMITATIONS ON COUNTY | ||
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| SECTION 3. Section 232.00285, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) Unless specifically authorized by another law of this | ||
| state, the commissioners court of a county or the court's designee | ||
| may not: | ||
| (1) require a person to submit or obtain approval of | ||
| any documentation or other information or fulfill any other | ||
| prerequisites or conditions before the person submits a plat | ||
| application or development plan application to the commissioners | ||
| court or the court's designee; | ||
| (2) delay the starting date for calculating any | ||
| applicable timeframe under this chapter to approve or disapprove | ||
| the plat application or development plan application by not | ||
| considering the date the application was filed as the starting | ||
| date; or | ||
| (3) refuse to accept, acknowledge, process, or act on | ||
| a submitted or received plat application or development plan | ||
| application. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 212.009(a-1), Local Government Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, applies only to a plan or plat filed on or after | ||
| the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 232.00285(a-1), Local Government Code, | ||
| as added by this Act, applies only to a plat application or | ||
| development plan application submitted on or after the effective | ||
| date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
