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|  | AN ACT | 
|  | relating to the sale of certain small municipal parks. | 
|  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
|  | SECTION 1.  Section 253.001, Local Government Code, is | 
|  | amended by amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsections (j) and | 
|  | (k) to read as follows: | 
|  | (g)  A sale made under Subsection (e) or (j) is exempt from | 
|  | the notice and bidding requirements in Chapter 272. | 
|  | (j)  Subsection (b) does not apply to a conveyance of park | 
|  | land that is: | 
|  | (1)  owned by a home-rule municipality with a | 
|  | population of less than 100,000; | 
|  | (2)  one-third acre or less; | 
|  | (3)  part of a park that is five acres or less; and | 
|  | (4)  sold or conveyed as a sale to the owner of | 
|  | adjoining property as provided by a resolution or ordinance that | 
|  | has an effective date before December 31, 2007. | 
|  | (k)  A petition for the judicial review of the sale of park | 
|  | land under Subsection (j) must be filed on or before the 30th day | 
|  | after the date the ordinance or resolution is adopted.  A petition | 
|  | filed after the period prescribed by this subsection is barred. | 
|  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | 
|  | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | 
|  | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this | 
|  | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | 
|  | Act takes effect September 1, 2007. | 
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|  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
|  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
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|  | I certify that H.B. No. 680 was passed by the House on March | 
|  | 15, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not | 
|  | voting. | 
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|  | ______________________________ | 
|  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
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|  | I certify that H.B. No. 680 was passed by the Senate on May | 
|  | 17, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
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|  | ______________________________ | 
|  | Secretary of the Senate | 
|  | APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
|  | Date | 
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|  | _____________________ | 
|  | Governor |