SB 325

relating to county regulation of subdivisions and approval of
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
(1)  the owner does not lay out:
(A)  a part of the tract described by Section
(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
(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
(1)  all of the lots of the subdivision are more than 10
(2)  the owner does not lay out:
(A)  a part of the tract described by Section
(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
(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.