Texas Administrative Code › Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION › Part 1 - GENERAL LAND OFFICE › Chapter 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Subchapter C - PROCEDURES FOR SPECIAL BOARD OF REVIEW HEARINGS › Section 2.41 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this
					 subchapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise.
(1) Board--The
				  special board of review, chaired by the Commissioner of the General Land
				  Office, consisting of the members of the School Land Board; the chairperson of
				  the governing board of the agency or institution possessing the property; the
				  mayor of the city or town within the corporate boundaries or extraterritorial
				  jurisdiction of which the property is located, if the property is located
				  within a city or town; and the county judge of the county within which the
				  property is located. If the property is owned by the permanent school fund, the
				  board shall consist of the members of the School Land Board and the local
				  officials, with the commissioner of the General Land Office serving as
				  chairperson. After issuance of an order establishing a development plan for
				  real property that is not a part of the permanent school fund or in which the
				  permanent school fund does not have a financial interest, the composition of
				  any future special board of review called to consider revision of that order
				  must consist of members as specified in Texas Natural Resources Code §
										31.167(d).
(2) Development plan--A plan, promulgated by
				  a political subdivision (as defined in this section) or by the division (as
				  defined in this section) in accordance with Texas Natural Resources Code,
				  §
										31.161, to
				  conserve and enhance the value of land belonging to the state, taking into
				  consideration the preservation of the health, safety, and general welfare of
				  the communities in which the property is situated. A development plan may
				  include or address, without limitation, subdivision, site planning, zoning, and
				  other land use regulations.
(3)
				  Division--The Asset Management Division of the Texas General Land
				  Office.
(4) Emergency or urgent
				  public necessity--Circumstances in which immediate board action is required
				  because of an imminent threat to public health or safety, or a reasonably
				  unforeseeable situation.
(5)
				  Order--Official action by the board with regard to a development
				  plan.
(6) Political subdivision--A
				  county, municipality, public school district, or special-purpose district or
				  authority with jurisdiction over the property (as defined in this
				  section).
(7) Property--Real
				  property, owned or held in trust by the state, for which a development plan has
				  been proposed or promulgated.
(8)
				  Rezoning--Changing the existing zoning or land use regulation(s) applicable to
				  the property.
(9) Substantial
				  amendment--Amendment of an existing development plan and/or rezoning which
				  results in one or more of the following:
(A)
				  more intense land use not permitted by the existing development plan and/or
				  existing zoning;
(B) change of a
				  site development regulation or requirement set forth in the existing
				  development plan and/or existing zoning; or
(C) change of any condition of approval of
				  the initial zoning and/or development plan.