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County staff warn HB 23 could curtail local plat review; commissioners seek higher fee for LPPF and support alternative notice law
Summary
Deputy County Administrator Russell Schaufner told Collin County commissioners that HB 23 could limit counties' ability to disapprove plats by allowing third‑party reviewers to effectively approve them, and staff recommended seeking a short review window and pursuing a higher administrative fee for the Local Provider Participation Fund.
Deputy County Administrator Russell Schaufner told the Collin County Commissioners Court that bills under consideration at the state Legislature could significantly change how counties review plats and carry other implications for county operations.
Schaufner, reporting on a Conference of Urban Counties (CUC) briefing, described HB 23 (Rep. Gates; Sen. Creighton filed a Senate companion) as a measure that would permit third‑party engineering reviewers to approve plats in a way that limits or eliminates a county's ability to disapprove them. "If a third party reviewer approves the plat, we cannot disapprove a plat," Schaufner told the court. He said county staff and commissioners are seeking at least a five‑day window after a third‑party approval…
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