Bill Text: TX SB851 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to subdivision plat requirements for certain counties located near the international border.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to Local Government [SB851 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB851-Introduced.html
  88R4205 SCL-D
 
  By: Blanco S.B. No. 851
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to subdivision plat requirements for certain counties
  located near the international border.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 232.023(b), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A plat required under this section must:
               (1)  be certified by a surveyor or engineer registered
  to practice in this state;
               (2)  define the subdivision by metes and bounds;
               (3)  locate the subdivision with respect to an original
  corner of the original survey of which it is a part;
               (4)  describe each lot, number each lot in progression,
  [and] give the dimensions of each lot, and provide an address for
  each lot sufficient for the provision of 9-1-1 services;
               (5)  state the dimensions of and accurately describe
  each lot, street, alley, square, park, or other part of the tract
  intended to be dedicated to public use or for the use of purchasers
  or owners of lots fronting on or adjacent to the street, alley,
  square, park, or other part;
               (6)  include or have attached a document containing a
  description in English and Spanish of the water and sewer
  facilities and roadways and easements dedicated for the provision
  of water and sewer facilities that will be constructed or installed
  to service the subdivision and a statement specifying the date by
  which the facilities will be fully operable;
               (7)  have attached a document prepared by an engineer
  registered to practice in this state certifying that the water and
  sewer service facilities proposed under Subdivision (6) are in
  compliance with the model rules adopted under Section 16.343, Water
  Code, and a certified estimate of the cost to install water and
  sewer service facilities;
               (8)  provide for drainage in the subdivision to:
                     (A)  avoid concentration of storm drainage water
  from each lot to adjacent lots;
                     (B)  provide positive drainage away from all
  buildings; and
                     (C)  coordinate individual lot drainage with the
  general storm drainage pattern for the area;
               (9)  include a description of the drainage requirements
  as provided in Subdivision (8);
               (10)  identify the topography of the area;
               (11)  include a certification by a surveyor or engineer
  registered to practice in this state describing any area of the
  subdivision that is in a floodplain or stating that no area is in a
  floodplain; and
               (12)  include certification that the subdivider has
  complied with the requirements of Section 232.032 and that:
                     (A)  the water quality and connections to the lots
  meet, or will meet, the minimum state standards;
                     (B)  sewer connections to the lots or septic tanks
  meet, or will meet, the minimum requirements of state standards;
                     (C)  electrical connections provided to the lot
  meet, or will meet, the minimum state standards; and
                     (D)  gas connections, if available, provided to
  the lot meet, or will meet, the minimum state standards.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made 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, 2023.
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