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      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.