H.B. No. 1359 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to road construction, repair, and maintenance in certain 1-3 areas controlled by the Parks and Wildlife Department. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 1.02, Chapter 7, Acts of the 72nd 1-6 Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1991, is amended to read as 1-7 follows: 1-8 Sec. 1.02. Notwithstanding any other law, the Texas 1-9 Department of Transportation shall construct, repair, and maintain 1-10 roads in and adjacent to state parks, state fish hatcheries, state 1-11 wildlife management areas, and support facilities for parks, fish 1-12 hatcheries, and wildlife management areas. Where the Parks and 1-13 Wildlife Department has no easement, right-of-way, or similar 1-14 access to or in a state park, state fish hatchery, state wildlife 1-15 management area, or support facility, none may be obtained 1-16 hereunder without the express written consent of all affected 1-17 private landowners. Any private land required for right-of-way 1-18 purposes shall be acquired by the Department of Transportation. 1-19 Construction, maintenance, repairs or acquisition made under this 1-20 section shall be paid from the State Highway Fund. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.