:FICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF AUSTIN TEXAS

Honorable Syrian E..Marbut county Attorney Lubbook County Lubbook, Texae

a b&&f&ted i, llarlfn~R. &b&h, **Jr** oi.t,he Olty of Lubbooli, to 88oure~S&I' n upon the following question, towlt: Artloie 6626, as amended, repealsa~, 7&i., in regard to whether a OoQtp~ Tile for reoard lat and/or me4p of ion P to a city hav ng a potiulation 0i 25;OOO, or more, and where said land 1s sltuate& within, five miles of the olty, 

## unless euoh'plat and/or maphaa been approved~by the City's Planning Oommlss~on or governing body.' "It 16 myoplnlon that the oaas lrbyled Thawalter, County Clerk, Vs. Bohaefer, 1'79SW2nd, 765, opinion by the tlupreme Court oi the State'or Texas, hold8 that 

## A.rtiolO6626 has ~epealad Article 974a. 

## in regard to ths Olty Planning cOmm.ls~,lonor the gorarnlng body of said olty of 25,000, or **aor?,** hailng firat to apprQv8 buch plat and/or map of an addition to the oity, whersln‘: Ron. Syrian E. Warbut, page 2

s.uahaddltlon Is within the five mile radius, as dasoribed by Article 974a, however, having bean requested by the olty Manager, Mr. smith, to saoura your opinion on same, I amherewith **requasthjg** suoh oplnlonra

~6. 6626, Varnon’s Annotated 01~11 Statutes, provldas: *The.

## r0ii0mg lnatrumants 

## 0r writing whlah shall have bean aoknowladgad or approved aooordlng to law, ara puthorlead to .ba **reoorded,** ‘rlzr all deeds, mortgages, oonvayanpos, deeds bi trust, bonds r0r tit+, aovanants, daQasaaqQaa or other inatruaentr 

## 0r writlug 

## oonoer*ng any

## hia8 **or** tunamanta, or goode.and ohattala, **or** motabie prop-

. arty of any dasorlption; provided, hO+Var, that

ln oasas or subdlvlsloa or ra-subdivision or ~radl property, no map or plat of s&y ‘suah subdivision or ra-subdivision shall be rllad .or raaor~dad unless and until the came has bean ~authorlzad by .tha CIommlealonara* Court or the COW@+tn uhlah the real astata is situated bX.order ~duly’antarad ln tha minutes of said i3ourt, exospt ln oases of partition or other subdivision through a oourt of r,aoord; **pro** rlded, that wlthln lnborparatsd oltlae end towns tha mverning bq.tharaoi, ln lieu of the Qtnnai8sionars~ 

## court ahau.,p*row the aut~ias haralnabbvmiz **iapoead** upon tha OommiSslouars’ Court.” Art. 974a, V.A. C.S., among other things, provides in erfsot that maps or lata of eubdlrlriona shall be .approved by oartain namedauthor Pties or aitias and &mns of W,OOO 4.nhabitants, or more, if

’ the land represented by suoh maps **or** plats **is situated**  within the oorporate lirafte of suoh auniolpallties or within five miles thereof.

The Supreme Court in the oasa of Trawalter va. Schaefer, 179 S. W.,7, $‘65, oonstruing Artlolar 974.a and 6626, Y.A.C.S., aaldr -

“It appears thst the la@ rspzesantad by thlr mapor pLat is loaatad n*t+n 

## r*va~ mllas 

## 0r the oorpirrata limits 

## or San Antai&3 %xas., a 

## olty 0r more ‘then 25,000 inhabitant& it’,aik appearr --. that th%amapor plat has $aan app*oVad by tha!~.,

,.,, .~ Hon. Syrian E. Marbut, page 3

governing body of such olty, an.&that suoh oity has no planning board or oommlaalon. Sahaefer oontands that these faota antltla thfs map or plat to be filed and reaordad, because such matter is governed by the epplloabla provisiona of tit.,9743 V.A.C.S., by Art. 6h6 a Acts 1927, **supra,** and not.

s amenaaa, aupra. ‘Tranalter eontends :that Art.: 6626, as amandadby the 1931 Act, has operated to

’rapaal.tha axtratarrltorlal provisions of Art. 974U, 

### Aata 1927. We are in aooord with Trawaltar*s. oontantion. ‘Art. 97&a Aoto 1927, protides that maps or plhts of aubdiv~s~ons,auch aa the one here, involvad,otLdll~ha approved by **oar** taln namedauthorities of ’ oitiea and towns oi 25,000 lnhabltanta,{‘or nore,:lf the .lsnd rapresented by auoh maps or’ plats lo sltnstad rl~thln tha o Iw*ta l%aJts Or suoh **mhnloSpalitlas ’** **or** wlthln tlva nS as “E : theraot:.Art. 6626;. 

### Aete 1931; by ita, **rery** ,plain’ language prpvldas that no mu .alvlsion or 

### ‘i+a shall be 

## ifP or plab of anysub

## dl **or** 

## reb0~4eauntn suoh filing .adreoording has bean authorltrad ,by the Coarmlaelonarri~~~

Court. Srt. 6626, Aots 1931, :. .than axoapts: 

### rrcrmit& ~general' prmlslom , maps 0T‘platr ., of ~subdlrlslonr situated rltgn the o~porata~~,lg&ts 

## 0r .oities and towns, ana maps.or plats 

## 0r.sub4i.~~rQjna k%uthorlsad by oourts or raoord. It la plalniy~ 

## ~crridant that the exoeptlon to Art. 6626, Aote 1931, ‘regarding maps‘or plats of land eltuated~ within the oorporata ll#lts of oltlaa and towns oparatas to kea the provisions or Artlola 97&a, Aot 1927, % i;oforr

aa suoh hast m~tlOn%d A@ @over8 maps **or** plats of land situated within the corporate limits of the ~oltlas end towns mantlonad therein, but it does not operate to prasarva or keep in fore8 suoh Aot ln 80 far.aa it uovars axtraterrltorl~al 

## lands. Certainly had the Legislature lntandad suoh a oonstruotlon to be given Art. 6626, Acts lc31,it would hava lnoluaad land6 within rive mile4 

## 0f altias 

## aa towns of 25,000 inhabitants or more, in the language of the axoeptlon. "Everi if It should be held that Art. 6626, Aots L931, has not bspaaled the extraterritorial provisions of Art. 97J+a,Acts ‘1927, then maps or plats 

## or landa looatad within 

## riV8mllas 

## or the oitlas ana towns contalnlng 25,000 mbitauta, or more, 

## w;oula be 

## in0iuuaa vitato the provisions or both Ants, and in suah lnatanoaa,both Aots ~uld. have to be oomplird with. Wehar4ly thl@ thst suoh was the intention of the Leglslatura~ and yet this oonclualon would be fnasoapabls ii it should ba’hald that Art. 6626, Aots 1931, has not repealed the axtta;

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territorial provlslone nt Art. 97&a,

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### aepartarantthat *, **Artlola** 6626, Vernon*8 **AnnaOatsd**Civil St.atutem, as eaan484, **re** artalna. $0 19~

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