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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain counties to develop a parks and |
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recreation system under the law governing sports and community |
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venue projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 334, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 334.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 334.008. PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM AS VENUE PROJECT: |
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CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) A county that has a population of less than |
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2,000 and that contains no incorporated territory of a municipality |
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may provide for the planning, acquisition, establishment, |
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development, construction, or renovation of a county parks and |
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recreation system as a venue project under this chapter. |
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(b) The venue project authorized by Subsection (a) |
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includes: |
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(1) improvements or additions to the county parks and |
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recreation system; and |
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(2) an area or facility that is part of the county |
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parks and recreation system. |
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(c) To the extent that a provision of this chapter, |
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including Sections 334.024(f), 334.1015, and 334.2515, applies to a |
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venue project that is a municipal parks and recreation system or |
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facility, those provisions apply to a venue project authorized by |
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this section, and references to a municipality are considered |
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references to a county to which this section applies. |
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(d) A county that authorizes a venue project described by |
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this section maintains the authority granted under this section |
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even if at a later time a part of the county becomes incorporated in |
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a municipality. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |