By Ellis                                              S.B. No. 1708
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the imposition of a criminal penalty for a violation of
 1-3     a rule concerning the use of county parks.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 320.045, Local Government Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 320.045.  RULES; PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS.  (a)  Subject
 1-8     to the approval of the commissioners court, the board may adopt
 1-9     reasonable rules concerning the use of any park administered by the
1-10     board.
1-11           (b)  A person commits an offense if the person violates a
1-12     board rule adopted under Subsection (a).  An offense under this
1-13     subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
1-14           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-15           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-16     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-17     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-18     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-19     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.