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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of emergency services in certain rural |
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counties using admission fees charged at state parks. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 11, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 354 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 354. EMERGENCY SERVICES IN RURAL COUNTIES |
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SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Sec. 354.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to |
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a county with: |
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(1) a population of less than 20,000; |
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(2) a state park; and |
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(3) an interstate highway. |
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[Sections 354.002-354.050 reserved for expansion] |
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SUBCHAPTER B. STATE PARKS |
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Sec. 354.051. ADMISSION TO PARK; USE OF MONEY FOR EMERGENCY |
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SERVICES. (a) The Parks and Wildlife Department shall use $1 from |
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the admission to a state park in the county for the purposes |
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described by this section. Revenue collected under this section |
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may be appropriated only to the department to award grants to a |
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county that provides emergency services that directly or indirectly |
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benefit the park. |
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(b) The county shall use the money to pay for emergency |
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services provided by the county in the county, including emergency |
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services provided by volunteers. |
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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, 2011. |