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Amend HB 1925 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 2306.1123(b), Government Code (page 2, line 61), strike "required by Section 2306.1122" and substitute "submitted for approval under this subchapter".
(2)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, immediately following added Section 2306.1123, Government Code (page 3, between lines 7 and 8), insert the following:
Sec. 2306.1124.  APPROVAL OF CERTAIN PROPERTY PROHIBITED. The department may not approve a plan described by Section 2306.1123(b) if the department determines that a property proposed under the plan is a public park.
(3)  Strike SECTION 4 of the bill, adding transition language (page 3, lines 55 through 62), and substitute the following:
SECTION 4.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section:
(1)  Subchapter PP, Chapter 2306, Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to the designation and use of property described by that subchapter that first begins on or after the effective date of this Act; and
(2)  the designation and use of property described by Subchapter PP, Chapter 2306, Government Code, as added by this Act, that first began before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the designation and use first began, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(b)  Subchapter PP, Chapter 2306, Government Code, as added by this Act, applies to a public park, as described by Section 2306.1124, Government Code, as added by this Act, regardless of the date that the public park was first designated by a political subdivision to be used by homeless individuals to camp.
(c)  A political subdivision that designated a property to be used by homeless individuals to camp before the effective date of this Act may apply on or after that date for approval of a plan under Subchapter PP, Chapter 2306, Government Code, as added by this Act.