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SB1708 • 2025

Relating to exceptions to county platting requirements.

Relating to exceptions to county platting requirements.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Hinojosa, Adam
Last action
2025-05-26
Official status
05/26/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to exceptions to county platting requirements.

Relating to exceptions to county platting requirements.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to exceptions to county platting requirements.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  2. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  3. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  4. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  5. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  6. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  7. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  8. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  9. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  11. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  12. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  13. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Land & Resource Management

  14. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  15. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  16. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  17. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  19. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  21. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  22. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  23. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  24. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  25. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  26. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  27. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  28. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  30. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  31. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  32. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  33. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  34. 2025-03-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  35. 2025-03-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Local Government

  36. 2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  37. 2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to exceptions to county platting requirements.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 1708 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

By: Hinojosa of Nueces

S.B. No. 1708

(Lopez of Cameron)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to exceptions to county platting requirements.

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 232.0014 to read as follows:

Sec.

232.0014.

CHAPTER-WIDE PROVISION ON EFFECT OF MODEL

SUBDIVISION RULES.

The model subdivision rules adopted under

Section 16.343, Water Code, do not supersede:

(1)

an exception to platting requirements under this

chapter; or

(2)

the applicability provision under Section

232.022(b-1).

SECTION 2. Section 232.022, Local Government Code, is

amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to

read as follows:

(b) This subchapter applies only to land that is subdivided

into two or more lots that are intended primarily for residential

use in the jurisdiction of the county. A lot is presumed to be

intended for residential use if the lot is five acres or less.

(b-1)
This subchapter does not apply if the subdivision is

incident to the conveyance of the land as a gift between persons

related to each other within the third degree by affinity or

consanguinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code.

This subchapter applies to a subsequent conveyance of any lot that

is not a conveyance to a related person described by this

subsection.

SECTION 3. 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, 2025.