Section 247.001 - [Multiple Versions] Definitions In this chapter:
(1) "Development document" means a document, including an application for a plat, plan, or development permit, related to the development of or improvement to land that is required by law, ordinance, rule, or other measure to be approved by a regulatory authority in order for a person to initiate, engage in, or complete the development or improvement. (2) "Development inspection" means the inspection of an improvement to land required by a regulatory authority as part of a project to develop the land or construct or improve an improvement to the land. (3) "Development permit" means a permit required by a regulatory authority to develop land or construct or improve an improvement to land. (4) "Plan" has the meaning assigned by Section 212.001. (5) "Plat" has the meaning assigned by Section 212.001 except that the term includes a development plat under Subchapter B, Chapter 212. (6) "Regulatory authority" means the governing body of a political subdivision, or a department, board, commission, or other entity of the political subdivision, responsible for processing or approving a development document or conducting a development inspection. Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 247.001
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 654,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023, app. only to a development document or a request for a development inspection, as those terms are defined by Section 247.001 of that code, that is submitted to the appropriate regulatory authority on or after the effective date of this Act.