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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 551.003

NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS APPLYING TO WATERSHEDS AND FLOOD-PRONE AREAS

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 13.07(a), eff

(a) The governing body of a home-rule municipality that by resolution, ordinance, or other proceeding regulates and controls the use and development of any watersheds, flood-prone areas, and impoundment areas for flood control and preservation shall file a notice with the county clerk of each county in which the property subject to the regulation is situated.

(b) The notice required by this section must:

(1) be signed in the name of the municipality by its clerk, secretary, or mayor or other officer performing the duties of one of those officers;

(2) show that the governing body of the municipality by resolution, ordinance, or other proceeding has enacted regulations of the area; and

(3) give or attach the boundaries of the land subject to the regulation.

(c) A notice required by this section need not give details or be sworn to or acknowledged. The notice may be filed at any time.

(d) A county clerk with whom a notice is filed under this section shall record the notice in the records of deeds and shall index it in the name of the municipality.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.