By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1656
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the preservation of Fairfield Lake State Park; granting
  the power of eminent domain.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Q, Chapter 22, Parks and Wildlife
  Code, is amended by adding Section 22.230 to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER Q:  FAIRFIELD LAKE STATE PARK
         Sec. 22.230. PRESERVATION OF FAIRFIELD LAKE STATE PARK.  
  (a)  The legislature finds that:
               (1)  in the year of the centennial celebration of Texas
  State Parks, the state has a vested interest in preserving and
  protecting state parks operated by Parks and Wildlife Department;
               (2)  the state of Texas and the Parks and Wildlife
  Department have invested over $70 million in the development and
  operation of Fairfield Lake State Park.
         (b)  the department has the power of eminent domain to
  acquire in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, any
  property necessary to preserve Fairfield Lake State Park, and to
  carry out the purposes of this section, including the acquisition
  of approximately 1,821.353 acres and the adjoining acres associated
  with that property.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.