TIE ~~~~OMNEY GENERAL

PRICE DANIEL ATTORNEY

GENERAL

Hon. Qene Naddln DlatrlotAttorney **Waoo, Texaa** 

Dear dir: Ootober 13, 1949

09lnloa lo.
Re: several
KE? 

### v-934.

## wp.-gH.B.156, **Aota**

or the 51at Leglalature.
You have requestedour oplnlon on the folloirlug queatlona:

"1. Ii a person aubdlrldeaa traot wlthln the oor9orate Llmlta or within 5 mile0 o? the oorporate llmlta of any oltt In the State OS Texas ior the put-pose o? pg out any aubdlvlalono? any traot, or,'ia and 

### oauaeaa plot to be made there-~ it neoeaaary by Roplo Bill 15% or an~prpriorlawthat ho tiordtho aaarltlr the oomty olo*? *2. Doer Howe Bill 158 refar to all lnaorpor&ti'oltlas In tha atatq, or only to oltloa over 25,000 population aa W pi

### tioaaplat law 

### l 3. What la meant by the tom 'ark4 loo&e the same with reapeat to ray orlglnal aoraer o? the orlglnal 

### l rvw'o? whloh It 18 a POrt?' "4. What degree of l o ouraoy

ahall the aubdlrlaloa

ba looated with reaPott aa orlglnaloorner of the orlginal a~ o? vhloh it la a part? .5. What oaa be done If an ownar attompta to 

### auixllvlde his **traot** by deadrlbing oaoh~lotby meter and bound8 and reoordlng ",is; notea, and ialla ,to 

### makeplat aa

"6. would It be the **dut of**  the **ootm** ty olerk to determine If the Ileld note8Hon. Oeae Naddla, Page 2 (V-934)

were aame
provides: legallyprodwed before allowlag

to be rlled?p Hocya Bill 158, **lots** of the Slat Leglalature,
*

. . . "‘i3eotlon

1. That hereafter every owner of any traot of land situatedwlthln the oorporate llmlta, or within five q llea of the oorporate llmlts of any oitr ln the Stat0 of **Teuaa,** who 

### mayheraafterdivide the aae la two or more parta for the purpose of laying out any aubdlrialoa

## 0r any traot of land

. . . ahall oauae a plot to be made theavofwhloh ahall aaouratelydaaorlbe all of raid l ubdlvlalonor addition by meter and boaada and looata tha aama rith mapaatto an orlgl~loonmr of the orlglaalaurvey of whloh it la a part, glt- -lngthe dlmanalow thornof of raid **aubdlvl** alon 

### or addltlon,and dlmeaalonaof all atmeta, 

### l

llqa, aquarea,parka or other portlona of aame Intendedto be dedloatod to pub110 uaa, or for the wa of pumhaaen or ownera of lots frontingthenon or adjaoeat thereto:provided,howover, that no plot of any aubdlvlaloo

## 0r any trwt of land or any additionto any 

### town or olty ahall be raoorded taaleaa the same ahall aoourateljdeaorfbe all of aald aubdlvlaloa 

### or additionby metea and botmda and looate the aame with rea9aot to an orlglaal

### ooraer of the original aavay of whloh It la a part glvlag the dlmerulaw thereof of arid aobdlrlaloaor addition,and dlaeaalocm of all atmata, alley*,aquarea,parka or otbor portloaa of aama Intendedto be dedloated to pub110 use, 

### or for the aae of ynoheaera or owner8 of lota thereon or adjaoeatthereto." f5oatlng

In oonatrulngthe provlaloaa of Xoaae Bill 158, it was held la **AttoswJ** Oeneral~aOplnlon lo.V-919, a "1% of whloh la ewlosed, that the portloa of Home Bill requiringmbdlvl~lone or addltlonato be looated with reapeot to an orlglnslooraer of the orlglaal eurvey of whloh it ia a part la in violation of Saotloa 35 ofma. Gene xaddln, page 3 (V-934)

ArtlOle III of the Coaatltutloaof Texas. held that 

### If the County Clerk has It was further reaeatod to him for 

### reoomSatlon

a aubdlvlaloa

plotwlh

Ela the aoope 

### of Artlole 9748, aa amermled by Eouae Bill 158, whloh **plot** has beea approvedby the proper l uthorltle8 but whloh does not looate auoh aubdlvlalon 

### with sempao& to an original 

### oomor of the oxQlaa1 aurvef, he ahould not refuse to xm001ve aad file iuoh plot beoamae of It8 fallum to have a looatlonwlth rafmenee to an oHglaa1 ooraer.

Seotloa 2 of Artlole 9748, rhloh woo 

### not imneuaed by House Bill 158, 

### provider:

"That every 

### awh plot ahall k duly aokaowledgedby owner8 

### or proprietor8 

## 0s the land, or w acme dolt authorlxedagent of aald owner8 

### or proprietors,la the 

### manner nqamd rathe aoWmwladgmmto?deeda; and the arid plot, auQeot to the prowlslam ooatalaed la 

### thlaAot, ahall?m illed for reoordand 

### be noorded la tha 

## orrioe0s the hztg Clerk or the Count7 in rhloh tha land

When 

### a palrtloular a*iole 

### or aeotion la amended' 

### by re-eaaotment, the provlaloa

aa 

### amended

beoomeaa part of the orl~lnal rtatute 8ad takes the Dlaoe of the provlalonamemded. land. Iaternatlonel and G.R.Rg. 60.-v. 181 8.W. 504 bbx.Clv.A~~.lQ15)3 39 Tar. Jur.128,

V.C.S., In view of the plala provisions 

## 0s Artlole w4a, ture, it

aa amendedby House Bill 158 of the slat Iagltilais our opinion that if a person aabdivldeaa t aot wlthla the oorporate llmlta om wlthla flea mllea of tte corporate llmlta of any oltg wlthla $he State of 'per- <aa 

### for the purpose enumeratedla the 

### atatute, he la mqulmd by the prorlalonaof Artlole 9748 'aaamendedby Rouse Bill.

158 to.reoorda plot wlth 

### the Comtx Clerk provided, of oourae, that auoh map 

### or plot haa been approved by the proper authorltlea. We 

### expreaaao.opinloa aa to the oonstltutloaalltp of the extra-terrltorlal vle~lona

of **Houae** Bill 158. !lWwalterv. gohaeier, 14iToTex. 521, 179 S.W.26 765 (1944).

In aaawer to our second question it la our opinion~that

Article ?

97 a we8 

### amended

by Howe Bill 158 

### ao aa to 

### rake the provlsiqnrthereof applloableto all incorporated

,oltleala thla State.Hon. Gene Maddln, page 4 (V-934)

In riew of our holding ln AttoruayOeneral'a 0plnloago.V-919, it beoomea uaaeeeaaary 

### to l a awbr 

### hour third and fourth qubatloaa ralatlvato 

### tha sequiremeat that iabdlrlaloaa

ba looatedwlth napaat to an orlglaal ooraer of the 

### orlglnal l 

### urvbyof vhloh lt la a 

### part.
In answer to 

### jour fifth and l lxth quaatlma It la our opinion that the owaer 

### la not l uthc&md to aubdlvlde hla traat unleaa

### he oomplleawith the provlalona 

## 0s Artlole 

### 9740 am amendad;and, 

## if the owaer 

### rails to make a 8ap 

### or plot 88 mqulred, the County Clerk should refuse to reoord the field aotea l ubmlttedto hla offloe.

Artlole 40, V.Cd., Eouae Bill 15ir aa 

### meaded by

, Aota of tha 51at Laglalature, raqalna every owaer 

## 0s any traot 

## 0s land wlthln the oorporatellmlta or wlthla flva mile8 OS the oorporatellmltja of any olty who 

### divider

hla trot Into 

### aubdlridoaa to mak a map or plot thenor and moord the aamo with the County Clerk. If an owabr 

### attempt8

to aubdlvldehla 

### traotand fall8 to q

ako a plot 

### aa raqulrad,the CornrtJ Clerk la 

### not l

utharlsedto 

### rooordthe 

### field aotba l 

### ubmlttbd

to hla offlob. 

### YOun vbry tm1y,

ATTORRBY

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