By:  Cain                                             S.B. No. 1302
         2001S0767/1                            
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 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 one million;
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 a sale to the owner of
1-15     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.