:FICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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 me4pof
ion to a city hav Png a potiulation 0i
25;OOO, or more, and where said land 1s sltu-
ate& 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~,lonor 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 aooord-
lng 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 CIom-
mlealonara* 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; pro-
rlded, 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 Pties or aitias and &mns of W,OOO 4.nhabi-
tants, 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 mat-
ter is governed by the epplloabla provisiona of
tit.,9743 V.A.C.S., Acts 1927, supra, and not.
by Art. 6h6 a s amenaaa, aupra. ‘Tranalter eon-
tends :that Art.: 6626, as amandad by the 1931 Act,
has operated to’rapaal.tha axtratarrltorlal pro-
visions 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 oar-
taln 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 or plab of anysub-
.alvlsion or ‘i+a shall be if Pdl 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 i;oforr
the provisions or Artlola 97&a, Aot 1927, %
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;oulabe 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 ox xeas no opinion
as to the valldlty af the extrstarrl ?orin1 pro~lalor~a
of Art. 97&a, Aota 1927. sl0!.1¶8 v* FarklanndCOPFVPS-
tion, 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 opinnionOr Wr aepartarant that
*, Artlola 6626, Vernon*8 AnnaOatsd Civil St.atutem, as eaan484, re-
artalna. $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 QDIIJ~fi ‘40.~ 7.”
plat 0r my 6U4h :&ibdltlaloa or re-aqbdir r rlcm ,4&&c%*;:, $&ql’*$n
raoord ualrns .asd u&i1 6ha ~~8 has beta ~au8h@rl)ad by ,Mu C&N-
al8aloatia~ Court of .tha uouaty In nhloh tie ha1 &fate &a 116-
arted by owlSr d atstS4 in .tha da~trn ,+f 8~lw: cg~?ti WCW~~
in aaaaa.~tafpaxti6““I on or otbar aubdltlslm tbxougU e udtrtt ef
reoaral or w$thin lnoorparapd elities 4yad8m58, 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.
isaagree with the opinion ex teaaeil ln your latter
pertain& to the qnaatlon rsnfsr oom P~aatlvn aad balleva YOU
bsva oorraotlysdrlmad the Ufty Ilaa~6r reg.mdi&& the #atria*