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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sale of park land owned by certain municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 253.001(f), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(f) The election requirements of Subsection (b) do not apply |
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to a conveyance of a park if: |
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(1) the park is owned by a home-rule municipality |
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[with a population of more than one million]; |
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(2) it is a park of two acres or less; |
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(3) the park is no longer usable and functional as a |
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park; |
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(4) the proceeds of the sale will be used to acquire |
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land for park purposes; |
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(5) a public hearing on the proposed conveyance is |
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held by the governing body of the home-rule municipality and that |
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body finds that the property is no longer usable and functional as a |
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park; and |
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(6) the park is conveyed pursuant to an ordinance |
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adopted by the governing body of the home-rule municipality, unless |
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within 60 days from the date of the public hearing the governing |
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body of the home-rule municipality is presented with a petition |
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opposing the conveyance which contains the name, address, and date |
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of signature of no less than 1,500 registered voters residing |
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within the municipal limits of the municipality; then, the |
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governing body of the home-rule municipality shall either deny the |
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conveyance or shall approve the conveyance subject to the election |
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required in Subsection (b); or |
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(7) the conveyance involves an exchange of two |
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existing parks, situated within a home-rule municipality with a |
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population of more than one million, that together total 1.5 acres |
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or less in size, that are located within 1,000 feet of each other, |
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that are located in an industrial area, that have been found in a |
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public hearing to no longer be usable and functional as parks, and |
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that are conveyed pursuant to an ordinance, adopted by the |
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governing body of that municipality, that has an effective date |
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before December 1, 1993. |
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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, 2023. |