H.B. No. 2025

	AN ACT
	relating to the filing for record of a plat, replat, or amended plat
	or replat of a subdivision of real property or a condominium.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 12.002(e), Property Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(e)  A person may not file for record or have recorded in the
	county clerk's office a plat, replat, or amended plat or replat of a
	subdivision of real property unless the plat, replat, or amended
	plat or replat has attached to it an original tax certificate from
	each taxing unit with jurisdiction of the real property indicating
	that no delinquent ad valorem taxes are owed on the real property.
	[If the plat, replat, or amended plat or replat is filed after
	September 1 of a year, the plat, replat, or amended plat or replat
	must also have attached to it a tax receipt issued by the collector
	for each taxing unit with jurisdiction of the property indicating
	that the taxes imposed by the taxing unit for the current year have
	been paid or, if the taxes for the current year have not been
	calculated, a statement from the collector for the taxing unit
	indicating that the taxes to be imposed by that taxing unit for the
	current year have not been calculated.]  If the tax certificate for
	a taxing unit does not cover the preceding year, the plat, replat,
	or amended plat or replat must also have attached to it a tax
	receipt issued by the collector for the taxing unit indicating that
	the taxes imposed by the taxing unit for the preceding year have
	been paid.  This subsection does not apply if:
	(1)  more than one person acquired the real property
	from a decedent under a will or by inheritance and those persons
	owning an undivided interest in the property obtained approval to
	subdivide the property to provide each person with a divided
	interest and a separate title to the property; or
	(2)  a taxing unit acquired the real property for
	public use through eminent domain proceedings or voluntary sale.
	SECTION 2.  Section 82.051(f), Property Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(f)  A person may not file for record or have recorded in the
	county clerk's office a plat, replat, or amended plat or replat of a
	condominium unless the plat, replat, or amended plat or replat has
	attached to it an original tax certificate from each taxing unit
	with jurisdiction of the real property indicating that no
	delinquent ad valorem taxes are owed on the real property.  [If the
	plat, replat, or amended plat or replat is filed after September 1
	of a year, the plat, replat, or amended plat or replat must also
	have attached to it a tax receipt issued by the collector for each
	taxing unit with jurisdiction of the property indicating that the
	taxes imposed by the taxing unit for the current year have been paid
	or, if the taxes for the current year have not been calculated, a
	statement from the collector for the taxing unit indicating that
	the taxes to be imposed by that taxing unit for the current year
	have not been calculated.]  If the tax certificate for a taxing unit
	does not cover the preceding year, the plat, replat, or amended plat
	or replat must also have attached to it a tax receipt issued by the
	collector for the taxing unit indicating that the taxes imposed by
	the taxing unit for the preceding year have been paid.  This
	subsection does not apply if a taxing unit acquired the condominium
	for public use through eminent domain proceedings or voluntary
	sale.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2025 was passed by the House on May
	10, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 132, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2025 was passed by the Senate on May
	25, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
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	Governor