HB2384 - Relating to county regulation of subdivisions and approval of subdivision plans or plats.

  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.