Relating to county regulation of residential development.

HB 4494 redefines "residential development" to explicitly include rental units, apartments, recreational vehicle parks, and trailer parks. It allows counties to regulate these developments using the same standards applied to subdivisions, replacing previous rules. The bill repeals an existing section (232.007) of the Local Government Code that previously governed subdivision plats. This change directly affects counties and developers of multi-unit housing and mobile home parks by expanding local regulatory authority over these properties. The law would take effect September 1, 2025, unless passed with a two-thirds vote.