1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to municipal elections for the conveyance of certain park
 1-3     land.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 253.001, Local Government Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
 1-7           (i)  Subsection (b) does not apply to a conveyance of park
 1-8     land that is:
 1-9                 (1)  owned by a home-rule municipality with a
1-10     population of more than 625,000;
1-11                 (2)  less than three acres and part of a larger park
1-12     that is located in a flood plain or floodway;
1-13                 (3)  not actively used for recreational purposes;
1-14                 (4)  sold or conveyed as an interest in land to the
1-15     owner of an interest in the adjoining property; and
1-16                 (5)  conveyed pursuant to a resolution or an ordinance
1-17     that has an effective date before December 31, 2004.
1-18           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1302 passed the Senate on
         April 26, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, one
         present, not voting.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1302 passed the House on
         May 23, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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                                                Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
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                      Date
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                    Governor