By Moreno of Harris                                   H.B. No. 3191
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the imposition of a criminal penalty and the
 1-3     disposition of fines for a violation of a rule concerning the use
 1-4     of county parks.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  Section 320.045, Local Government Code, is
 1-7     amended to read as follows:
 1-8           Sec. 320.045.  RULES; PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS.  (a)  Subject
 1-9     to the approval of the commissioners court, the board may adopt
1-10     reasonable rules concerning the use of any park administered by the
1-11     board.
1-12           (b)  A person commits an offense if the person violates a
1-13     rule approved by the commissioners court under Subsection (a).  An
1-14     offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
1-15           (c)  Fines collected under Subsection (b) shall be deposited
1-16     in the county's general fund.
1-17           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-18           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-19     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-20     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-21     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-22     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.