By Garcia H.B. No. 1289 77R3111 ATP-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the authority of certain counties to provide or operate 1-3 a zoo or an aquarium. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 10, Local Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Chapter 327 to read as follows: 1-7 CHAPTER 327. COUNTY ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS 1-8 Sec. 327.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to a 1-9 county with a population of 1.8 million or more. 1-10 Sec. 327.002. COUNTY ZOOS OR AQUARIUMS. (a) A county may 1-11 acquire, equip, maintain, construct, or operate a zoo or aquarium 1-12 in the county for public use. 1-13 (b) A county may contract with a municipality located in the 1-14 county to acquire, equip, maintain, construct, or operate a zoo or 1-15 aquarium in the county for public use. 1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-17 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-18 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-19 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-20 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.