: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 to a city hav P 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 map haa been approved~ by the 

City's Planning Oommlss~on or governing body.' 

"It 16 my oplnlon that the oaas lrbyled Thawalter, 

County Clerk, Vs. Bohaefer, 1'79 SW 2nd, 765, opinion by 

the tlupreme Court oi the State'or Texas, hold8 that 

A.rtiolO 6626 has ~epealad Article 974a. in regard to 

ths Olty Planning cOmm.ls~,lon or 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.uah addltlon 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 am herewith 

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; prorlded, 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 named author P ties 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 

map or 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%amap or 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 amandad by 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 oartaln named authorities 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 “E as : 

theraot:.Art. 6626;. Aete 1931; by ita, rery ,plain’ 

language prpvldas that no mu 

.alvlsion or ‘i+a shall be if P 

or plab of anysubdl or reb0~4ea untn 

suoh filing .adreoording has bean authorltrad ,by the 

Coarmlaelonarri~~~ Court. Sr t. 6626, Aots 1931, :. .than 

axoapts: rrcrm it& ~general' prmlslom , maps 0T ‘platr ., 

of ~subdlrlslonr situated rltgn the o~porata~~,lg&ts 

0r .oi ties 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 riV8 mllas 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. We har4ly 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; 
$a. SY3lac TL Ha~bnt, page 2 

territorial provlslone nt Art. 97&a, Aota 1927. ht 

GilFiB-potit we *Iah to say tbt we 

as to the valldlty af the 

ox xeas no opinion 

extrstarrl ? orin1 pro~lalor~a 

of Art. 97&a, Aota 1927. sl0!.1¶8 v* Farklannd COPFVPStion, i2a xkt~a8, 53,1, 40 8. ‘h. 26 53.~ 

ij: 

‘, 

h vi%Vt Of the for%~in~ nU6hOriti48, your 4zO’ 244p4Ob 

i ,J,. iwly aatlrea that i,t la th6 opinnion Or Wr aepartarant that 

*, Artlola 6626, Vernon*8 AnnaOatsd Civil St.atutem, as eaan484, reartalna. $0 19~ 

at8tut0, but, it a06t3 a08 0psr.m to prib6ery4 .QF k8e~bia roror 

such sot, in ao far~ar it .007sm artratWrltioria!l ‘Imnbla, tm Oaeaa 

of aub4lvblo5 or re-auMlflaim~ of rvirl 

plat 0r my 6U4h :&ibdltlaloa or re-aqbdir r rlcm ,4&&c%*;:, $&ql’*$n 

QDIIJ~fi ‘40.~ 7.” 

raoord ualrns .asd u&i1 6ha ~~8 has beta ~au8h@rl)ad by ,Mu C&Nal8aloatia~ Court of .tha uouaty In nhloh tie ha1 &fate &a 116- 

arted by owlSr d 

in aaaaa.~taf paxti6 ““I 

atstS4 in .tha da~trn ,+f 8~lw: cg~?ti WCW~~ 

on or otbar aubdltlslm tbxougU e udtrtt ef 

reoaral or w$ thin lnoorparapd elities 4yad 8m58, tic gavemlag 

body t&eraQf, ln lieu oi ,the $!vmnlarlanara*~ Gourh; %!ulJ priors 

the dutlea lmpasad by Artlola 6626 u9on the t%uszla~lmers hurt. 

isa agree with the opinion ex teaaeil 

P 

ln your latter 

pertain& to the qnaatlon rsnfsr oom ~aatlvn aad balleva YOU 

bsva oorraotly sdrlmad the Ufty Ilaa~6r reg.mdi&& the #atria*