By Goolsby                                            H.B. No. 1111
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the authority of a county judge to delegate to another
 1-3     county officer the duty to hear applications for mass gatherings.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Chapter 751, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Section 751.0055 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 751.0055.  DELEGATION OF DUTIES OF COUNTY JUDGE. (a)
 1-8     The county judge of a county may file an order with the
 1-9     commissioners court of the county delegating to another county
1-10     officer the duty to hear applications for a permit under this
1-11     chapter.  The order may provide for allowing the county officer to
1-12     revoke a permit under Section 751.008.
1-13           (b)  An order of a county officer acting under the delegated
1-14     authority of the county judge in regard to a permit has the same
1-15     effect as an order of the county judge.
1-16           (c)  During the period in which the order is in effect, the
1-17     county judge may withdraw the authority delegated in relation to an
1-18     application and the county judge may hear the application.
1-19           (d)  The county judge may at any time revoke an order
1-20     delegating duties under this section.
1-21           SECTION 2. Section 751.009, Health and Safety Code, is
1-22     amended to read as follows:
1-23           Sec. 751.009.  APPEAL. A promoter or a person affected by the
1-24     [action of a county judge in] granting, denying, or revoking of a
 2-1     permit may appeal that action to a district court having
 2-2     jurisdiction in the county in which the mass gathering will be
 2-3     held.
 2-4           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 2-5     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 2-6     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 2-7     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-8     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.