H.B. No. 680
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         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.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 680 was passed by the Senate on May
  17, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor