Amend CSHB 1524 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered section and renumbering the remaining sections of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 334, Local Government 
Code, is amended by adding Section 334.008 to read as follows:
	Sec. 334.008.  PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM AS VENUE PROJECT: 
CERTAIN COUNTIES.  (a)  A county located on an international border 
that has a population of less than 15,000 and that contains no 
incorporated territory of a municipality may provide for the 
planning, acquisition, establishment, development, construction, 
or renovation of a county parks and recreation system as a venue 
project under this chapter.
	(b)  The venue project authorized by Subsection (a) 
includes:         
		(1)  improvements or additions to the county parks and 
recreation system; and
		(2)  an area or facility that is part of the county 
parks and recreation system.
	(c)  To the extent that a provision of this chapter, 
including Sections 334.024(f), 334.1015, and 334.2515, applies to a 
venue project that is a municipal parks and recreation system or 
facility, those provisions apply to a venue project authorized by 
this section, and references to a municipality are considered 
references to a county to which this section applies.
	(d)  A county that authorizes a venue project described by 
this section maintains the authority granted under this section 
even if at a later time a part of the county becomes incorporated in 
a municipality.