1-1     By:  Cain                                             S.B. No. 1302
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2001; March 12, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
 1-4     Relations; April 17, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable
 1-5     Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0;
 1-6     April 17, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1302                    By:  Cain
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to municipal elections for the conveyance of certain park
1-11     land.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Section 253.001, Local Government Code, is
1-14     amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
1-15           (i)  Subsection (b) does not apply to a conveyance of park
1-16     land that is:
1-17                 (1)  owned by a home-rule municipality with a
1-18     population of more than 625,000;
1-19                 (2)  less than three acres and part of a larger park
1-20     that is located in a flood plain or floodway;
1-21                 (3)  not actively used for recreational purposes;
1-22                 (4)  sold or conveyed as an interest in land to the
1-23     owner of an interest in the adjoining property; and
1-24                 (5)  conveyed pursuant to a resolution or an ordinance
1-25     that has an effective date before December 31, 2004.
1-26           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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