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89R4185 DRS-F

By: Guillen
H.B. No. 2384

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to county regulation of subdivisions and approval of

subdivision plans or plats.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Sections 232.0015(c) and (f), Local Government

Code, are amended to read as follows:

(c) A county may not require the owner of a tract of land

located outside the limits of a municipality who divides the tract

into two or more parts to have a plat of the subdivision prepared

if:

(1) the owner does not lay out :

(A) a part of the tract described by Section

232.001(a)(3) ; or

(B) one or more streets, alleys, squares, parks,

or other parts of the tract intended for the use of purchasers or

owners of lots fronting on or adjacent to the streets, alleys,

squares, parks, or other parts ; and

(2) the land is to be used primarily for agricultural

use, as defined by Section 1-d, Article VIII, Texas Constitution,

or for farm, ranch, wildlife management, or timber production use

within the meaning of Section 1-d-1, Article VIII, Texas

Constitution.

(f) A county may not require the owner of a tract of land

located outside the limits of a municipality who divides the tract

into two or more parts to have a plat of the subdivision prepared

if:

(1) all of the lots of the subdivision are more than 10

acres in area; and

(2) the owner does not lay out :

(A) a part of the tract described by Section

232.001(a)(3) ; or

(B) one or more streets, alleys, squares, parks,

or other parts of the tract intended for the use of purchasers or

owners of lots fronting on or adjacent to the streets, alleys,

squares, parks, or other parts .

SECTION 2. Section 35.019(a), Water Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(a) Notwithstanding Section 232.001(h), Local Government

Code, the [ The ] commissioners court of a county in a priority

groundwater management area may adopt water availability

requirements in an area where platting is required if the court

determines that the requirements are necessary to prevent current

or projected water use in the county from exceeding the safe

sustainable yield of the county's water supply.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.