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.