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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the operation of certain swimming pools by certain |
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populous municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 315, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 315.007 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 315.007. OPERATION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL SWIMMING POOLS |
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REQUIRED. (a) In this section, "municipal swimming pool" means a |
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public swimming pool and any attached property or infrastructure |
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required to operate the pool that is owned by a municipality. |
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(b) This section applies only to a municipality with a |
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population of 750,000 or more. |
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(c) A municipality must open and operate a municipal |
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swimming pool closed for more than one year and less than three |
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years if the municipality receives a petition requesting the |
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opening of the pool that is filed with the municipal clerk and |
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signed by 50 or more qualified voters of the municipality who reside |
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within five miles of the pool. |
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(d) If the petition is filed before February 1, the |
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municipality shall open and operate the municipal swimming pool not |
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later than the 180th day after the date the petition is filed. If |
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the petition is filed on or after February 1, the municipality may |
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open the pool for the summer, if practicable, and shall open the |
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pool for the summer of the next calendar year. |
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(e) A municipality must maintain and operate a municipal |
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swimming pool under this section in the same manner and with the |
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same level of service as other comparable municipal swimming pools |
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in the municipality. |
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(f) This section does not apply to a municipal swimming pool |
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that the municipality cannot open due to the existence of a serious |
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health and safety issue that through reasonable actions cannot be |
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remedied. |
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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, 2013. |