H.B. No. 3314

	AN ACT
	relating to certain requirements to replat certain municipal
	subdivision plats.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 212.014, Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 212.014.  REPLATTING WITHOUT VACATING PRECEDING PLAT.
	A replat of a subdivision or part of a subdivision may be recorded
	and is controlling over the preceding plat without vacation of that
	plat if the replat:
	(1)  is signed and acknowledged by only the owners of
	the property being replatted;
	(2)  is approved[, after a public hearing on the matter
	at which parties in interest and citizens have an opportunity to be
	heard,] by the municipal authority responsible for approving plats;
	and
	(3)  does not attempt to amend or remove any covenants
	or restrictions.
	SECTION 2.  Section 212.015, Local Government Code, is
	amended by adding Subsections (a-1), (f), and (g) and amending
	Subsection (b) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  If a proposed replat described by Subsection (a)
	requires a variance or exception, a public hearing must be held by
	the municipal planning commission or the governing body of the
	municipality.
	(b)  Notice of the hearing required under Subsection (a-1)
	[Section 212.014] shall be given before the 15th day before the date
	of the hearing by:
	(1)  publication in an official newspaper or a
	newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the
	municipality is located; and
	(2)  by written notice, with a copy of Subsection (c)
	attached, forwarded by the municipal authority responsible for
	approving plats to the owners of lots that are in the original
	subdivision and that are within 200 feet of the lots to be
	replatted, as indicated on the most recently approved municipal tax
	roll or in the case of a subdivision within the extraterritorial
	jurisdiction, the most recently approved county tax roll of the
	property upon which the replat is requested. The written notice may
	be delivered by depositing the notice, properly addressed with
	postage prepaid, in a post office or postal depository within the
	boundaries of the municipality.
	(f)  If a proposed replat described by Subsection (a) does
	not require a variance or exception, the municipality shall, not
	later than the 15th day after the date the replat is approved,
	provide written notice by mail of the approval of the replat to each
	owner of a lot in the original subdivision that is within 200 feet
	of the lots to be replatted according to the most recent
	municipality or county tax roll.  This subsection does not apply to
	a proposed replat if the municipal planning commission or the
	governing body of the municipality holds a public hearing and gives
	notice of the hearing in the manner provided by Subsection (b).
	(g)  The notice of a replat approval required by Subsection
	(f) must include:
	(1)  the zoning designation of the property after the
	replat; and
	(2)  a telephone number and e-mail address an owner of a
	lot may use to contact the municipality about the replat.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3314 was passed by the House on May
	10, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 127, Nays 14, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3314 was passed by the Senate on May
	22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor