1-1     By:  Moreno of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Ellis)        H.B. No. 3191
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 1999;
 1-3     May 10, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 14, 1999, reported favorably, as
 1-5     amended, by the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 14, 1999, sent
 1-6     to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                              By:  Lindsay
 1-8           Amend H.B. 3191 as follows:
 1-9           On page 1, substitute the new SECTION 1 on line 30, to read
1-10     as follows:
1-11           In Subchapter C, Chapter 320, Local Government Code, is
1-12     amended by adding 320.0455 to read as follows:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Sec. 320.0455.  RULES IN A POPULOUS COUNTY;
1-14     PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS.  (a)  This section applies to a county with
1-15     a population of 2.8 million or more.
1-16           (b)  Subject to the approval of the commissioners court, the
1-17     board may adopt reasonable rules concerning the use of any park
1-18     administered by the board.
1-19           (c)  A person commits an offense if the person violates a
1-20     rule approved by the commissioners court under Subsection (b).  An
1-21     offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
1-22           (d)  Fines collected under Subsection (c) shall be deposited
1-23     in the county's general fund.
1-24                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-25                                   AN ACT
1-26     relating to the imposition of a criminal penalty and the
1-27     disposition of fines for a violation of a rule concerning the use
1-28     of county parks.
1-29           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-30           SECTION 1.   Section 320.045, Local Government Code, is
1-31     amended to read as follows:
1-32           Sec. 320.045.  RULES; PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS.  (a)  Subject
1-33     to the approval of the commissioners court, the board may adopt
1-34     reasonable rules concerning the use of any park administered by the
1-35     board.
1-36           (b)  A person commits an offense if the person violates a
1-37     rule approved by the commissioners court under Subsection (a).  An
1-38     offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
1-39           (c)  Fines collected under Subsection (b) shall be deposited
1-40     in the county's general fund.
1-41           SECTION 2.   This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-42           SECTION 3.   The importance of this legislation and the
1-43     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-44     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-45     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-46     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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