Texas § LG.551.003 - NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS APPLYING TO WATERSHEDS AND FLOOD-PRON
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§ LG.551.003. NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS APPLYING TO WATERSHEDS AND FLOOD-PRON
NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS APPLYING TO WATERSHEDS AND FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. (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. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 13.07(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 401.003 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278 ), Sec. 3.76(a)(1), eff. April 1, 2009.
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