S.B. No. 552
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to an application filed with a county commissioners court
  to revise a subdivision plat; authorizing a fee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 232.009, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and
  (g) to read as follows:
         (c)  Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), after [After]
  the application is filed with the commissioners court, the court
  shall publish a notice of the application in a newspaper of general
  circulation in the county. The notice must include a statement of
  the time and place at which the court will meet to consider the
  application and to hear protests to the revision of the plat. The
  notice must be published at least three times during the period that
  begins on the 30th day and ends on the seventh day before the date of
  the meeting. Except as provided by Subsection (f), if all or part
  of the subdivided tract has been sold to nondeveloper owners, the
  court shall also give notice to each of those owners by certified or
  registered mail, return receipt requested, at the owner's address
  in the subdivided tract.
         (c-1)  If the commissioners court determines that the
  revision to the subdivision plat does not affect a public interest
  or public property of any type, including, but not limited to, a
  park, school, or road, the notice requirements under Subsection (c)
  do not apply to the application and the commissioners court shall:
               (1)  provide written notice of the application to the
  owners of the lots that are within 200 feet of the subdivision plat
  to be revised, as indicated in the most recent records of the
  central appraisal district of the county in which the lots are
  located; and
               (2)  if the county maintains an Internet website, post
  notice of the application continuously on the website for at least
  30 days preceding the date of the meeting to consider the
  application until the day after the meeting.
         (g)  The commissioners court may impose a fee for filing an
  application under this section. The amount of the fee must be based
  on the cost of processing the application, including publishing the
  notices required under Subsection (c) or (c-1).
         SECTION 2.  Section 232.041, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and
  (e) to read as follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), after [After]
  the application is filed with the commissioners court, the court
  shall publish a notice of the application in a newspaper of general
  circulation in the county. The notice must include a statement of
  the time and place at which the court will meet to consider the
  application and to hear protests to the revision of the plat. The
  notice must be published at least three times during the period that
  begins on the 30th day and ends on the seventh day before the date of
  the meeting. If all or part of the subdivided tract has been sold to
  nondeveloper owners, the court shall also give notice to each of
  those owners by certified or registered mail, return receipt
  requested, at the owner's address in the subdivided tract.
         (b-1)  If the commissioners court determines that the
  revision to the subdivision plat does not affect a public interest
  or public property of any type, including, but not limited to, a
  park, school, or road, the notice requirements under Subsection (b)
  do not apply to the application and the commissioners court shall:
               (1)  provide written notice of the application to the
  owners of the lots that are within 200 feet of the subdivision plat
  to be revised, as indicated in the most recent records of the
  central appraisal district of the county in which the lots are
  located; and
               (2)  if the county maintains an Internet website, post
  notice of the application continuously on the website for at least
  30 days preceding the date of the meeting to consider the
  application until the day after the meeting.
         (e)  The commissioners court may impose a fee for filing an
  application under this section. The amount of the fee must be based
  on the cost of processing the application, including publishing the
  notices required under Subsection (b) or (b-1).
         SECTION 3.  Sections 232.009 and 232.041, Local Government
  Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an application filed on
  or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 552 passed the Senate on
  April 9, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 552 passed the House on
  May 17, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 131, Nays 3, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor