By: Uresti S.B. No. 1905
(In the Senate - Filed April 13, 2011; April 14, 2011, read
first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural
Affairs; May 3, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 3, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of emergency services in certain rural
counties using admission fees charged at state parks.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 11, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 354 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 354. EMERGENCY SERVICES IN RURAL COUNTIES
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 354.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to
a county with:
(1) a population of less than 20,000;
(2) a state park; and
(3) an interstate highway.
[Sections 354.002-354.050 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER B. STATE PARKS
Sec. 354.051. ADMISSION TO PARK; USE OF MONEY FOR EMERGENCY
SERVICES. (a) The Parks and Wildlife Department shall use $1 from
the admission to a state park in the county for the purposes
described by this section. Revenue collected under this section
may be appropriated only to the department to award grants to a
county that provides emergency services that directly or indirectly
benefit the park.
(b) The county shall use the money to pay for emergency
services provided by the county in the county, including emergency
services provided by volunteers.
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, 2011.
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