S.B. No. 1867
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the filing of an amended subdivision plat with a county
  to correct certain errors or omissions and to other county
  regulations of subdivisions.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 232.011 to read as follows:
         Sec. 232.011.  AMENDING PLAT. (a)  The commissioners court
  may approve and issue an amending plat, if the amending plat is
  signed by the applicants and filed for one or more of the following
  purposes:
               (1)  to correct an error in a course or distance shown
  on the preceding plat;
               (2)  to add a course or distance that was omitted on the
  preceding plat;
               (3)  to correct an error in a real property description
  shown on the preceding plat;
               (4)  to show the location or character of a monument
  that has been changed in location or character or that is shown
  incorrectly as to location or character on the preceding plat;
               (5)  to correct any other type of scrivener or clerical
  error or omission of the previously approved plat, including lot
  numbers, acreage, street names, and identification of adjacent
  recorded plats; or
               (6)  to correct an error in courses and distances of lot
  lines between two adjacent lots if:
                     (A)  both lot owners join in the application for
  amending the plat;
                     (B)  neither lot is abolished;
                     (C)  the amendment does not attempt to remove
  recorded covenants or restrictions; and
                     (D)  the amendment does not have a material
  adverse effect on the property rights of the other owners of the
  property that is the subject of the plat.
         (b)  The amending plat controls over the preceding plat
  without the vacation, revision, or cancellation of the preceding
  plat.
         (c)  Notice, a hearing, and the approval of other lot owners
  are not required for the filing, recording, or approval of an
  amending plat.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 232, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 232.044 to read as follows:
         Sec. 232.044.  AMENDING PLAT. The commissioners court may
  approve and issue an amending plat under this subchapter in the same
  manner, for the same purposes, and subject to the same related
  provisions as provided by Section 232.011.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter C, Chapter 232, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 232.081 to read as follows:
         Sec. 232.081.  AMENDING PLAT. The commissioners court may
  approve and issue an amending plat under this subchapter in the same
  manner, for the same purposes, and subject to the same related
  provisions as provided by Section 232.011.
         SECTION 4.  Subsection (b), Section 232.101, Local
  Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Unless otherwise authorized by state law, a
  commissioners court shall not regulate under this section:
               (1)  the use of any building or property for business,
  industrial, residential, or other purposes;
               (2)  the bulk, height, or number of buildings
  constructed on a particular tract of land;
               (3)  the size of a building that can be constructed on a
  particular tract of land, including without limitation and
  restriction on the ratio of building floor space to the land square
  footage; [or]
               (4)  the number of residential units that can be built
  per acre of land;
               (5)  a plat or subdivision in an adjoining county; or
               (6)  road access to a plat or subdivision in an
  adjoining county.
         SECTION 5.  Subchapter E, Chapter 232, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Sections 232.108 and 232.109 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 232.108.  PLAT REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  The commissioners
  court, in addition to having the authority to adopt rules under
  Section 232.101 and other authority granted by this chapter, may
  impose the plat requirements prescribed by Section 232.023.  If the
  commissioners court imposes the plat requirements prescribed by
  Section 232.023, any rules adopted under Section 232.101 must be
  consistent with those requirements.
         (b)  If a county imposing the plat requirements prescribed by
  Section 232.023 is not described by Section 232.022(a):
               (1)  the document required by Section 232.023(b)(6) is
  not required to be in Spanish; and
               (2)  the plat requirements related to drainage shall be
  those authorized by Section 232.003(8) rather than those authorized
  by Section 232.023(b)(8).
         Sec. 232.109.  FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM.  In a subdivision
  that is not served by fire hydrants as part of a centralized water
  system certified by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
  as meeting minimum standards for water utility service, the
  commissioners court may require a limited fire suppression system
  that requires a developer to construct:
               (1)  for a subdivision of fewer than 50 houses, 2,500
  gallons of storage; or
               (2)  for a subdivision of 50 or more houses, 2,500
  gallons of storage with a centralized water system or 5,000 gallons
  of storage.
         SECTION 6.  Section 232.100, Local Government Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1867 passed the Senate on
  April 26, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 15, 2007, by the
  following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1867 passed the House, with
  amendments, on May 9, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 143,
  Nays 0, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor