BILL ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 510

By: Wilson

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Committee Report (Substituted)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

It has been suggested that certain counties could benefit from greater regulation regarding the use of a park. C.S.H.B. 510 seeks to address this issue by expanding the applicability of certain provisions authorizing certain counties to enact a park use rule.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 510 amends the Local Government Code to include a county with a population of more than 410,000 and less than 455,000 in the applicability of statutory provisions authorizing certain counties to enact a park use rule the violation of which constitutes a Class C misdemeanor.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2019.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE

While C.S.H.B. 510 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following summarizes the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.

The substitute does not include provisions providing for the adoption and enforcement by a county with a population of more than 410,000 and less than 455,000 or a municipality located in such a county of an order or ordinance prohibiting a violation of a public use rule for a park, playground, historical museum, or historic or prehistoric site maintained by the county or municipality. The substitute includes such a county instead in the applicability of provisions authorizing certain counties to enact a park use rule.