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
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| By: Blanco | S.B. No. 851 | |
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| 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, | ||
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| 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. | ||
