By Brown S.B. No. 287
76R4043 MI-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the Texas parks and wildlife capital account.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 11.043(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), money in the
1-7 account may be spent only for acquisition and development or
1-8 operation of parks, fisheries, and wildlife projects that have been
1-9 individually approved by the commission. Projects that directly
1-10 provide hunting, fishing, or outdoor recreation opportunity to the
1-11 public shall be given preference for funding under this section.
1-12 Approved projects may include:
1-13 (1) acquiring land or facilities for use in any
1-14 department program;
1-15 (2) developing and improving any land or facility
1-16 owned or controlled by the department;
1-17 (3) servicing the debt on Texas park development bonds
1-18 issued under Article III, Section 49-e, of the Texas Constitution
1-19 or any other bonds issued for parks, fisheries, or wildlife
1-20 projects; [and]
1-21 (4) local park grants in Chapter 24 of this code;
1-22 (5) operational costs in association with any parks,
1-23 fisheries, or wildlife projects; and
1-24 (6) meeting the requirements for providing matching
2-1 money for any federal grants for parks, fisheries, or wildlife
2-2 projects.
2-3 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-4 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.