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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to enforcement of rules for certain county and municipal |
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parks, playgrounds, historical museums, or historic or prehistoric |
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sites; creating a criminal offense. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 331, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 331.0075 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 331.0075. ENFORCEMENT OF RULES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES AND |
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MUNICIPALITIES; OFFENSE. (a) This section applies only to: |
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(1) a county with a population of more than 410,000 and |
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less than 455,000; or |
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(2) a municipality any part of which is located in a |
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county described by Subdivision (1). |
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(b) The governing body of a county or municipality may adopt |
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an order or ordinance prohibiting a violation of a rule prescribed |
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under Section 331.007 for a park, playground, historical museum, or |
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historic or prehistoric site maintained by the county or |
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municipality. |
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(c) A person commits an offense if the person violates an |
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order or ordinance adopted under Subsection (b). An offense under |
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this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor. |
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(d) For purposes of Subsection (b), the governing body of |
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the county or municipality may choose which of a park's, |
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playground's, museum's, or site's rules to enforce under that |
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subsection and is not required to enforce all of a park's, |
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playground's, museum's, or site's rules under that subsection. |
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(e) Fines collected under Subsection (b) shall be deposited |
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in the general fund of the municipality or county. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 331.007, Local Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 331.007. PUBLIC USE; RULES. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |