Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 232.222 · Subchapter G. SUBDIVISION PLATTING REQUIREMENTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES NEAR INTERNATIONAL BORDER AND GULF OF MEXICO
SUIT BY PRIVATE PERSON IN ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREA.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person who has purchased or is purchasing a lot after July 1, 1995, in a subdivision for residential purposes that does not have water and sewer services as required by this subchapter and is located in an economically distressed area, as defined by Section 17.921, Water Code, from a subdivider, may bring suit in the district court in which the property is located or in a district court in Travis County to:
(1) declare the sale of the property void, require the subdivider to return the purchase price of the property, and recover from the subdivider:
(A) the market value of any permanent improvements the person placed on the property;
(B) actual expenses incurred as a direct result of the failure to provide adequate water and sewer facilities;
(C) court costs; and
(D) reasonable attorney's fees; or
(2) enjoin a violation or threatened violation of Section 232.032, require the subdivider to plat or replat under Section 232.040, and recover from the subdivider:
(A) actual expenses incurred as a direct result of the failure to provide adequate water and sewer facilities;
(B) court costs; and
(C) reasonable attorney's fees.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 526 (H.B. 3680), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.232.htm
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