| 1 | 1 | | By: Uresti S.B. No. 1905 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed April 13, 2011; April 14, 2011, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural |
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| 4 | 4 | | Affairs; May 3, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 3, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the provision of emergency services in certain rural |
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| 11 | 11 | | counties using admission fees charged at state parks. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 11, Local Government Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Chapter 354 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | CHAPTER 354. EMERGENCY SERVICES IN RURAL COUNTIES |
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| 16 | 16 | | SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 354.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to |
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| 18 | 18 | | a county with: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) a population of less than 20,000; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) a state park; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) an interstate highway. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [Sections 354.002-354.050 reserved for expansion] |
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| 23 | 23 | | SUBCHAPTER B. STATE PARKS |
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| 24 | 24 | | Sec. 354.051. ADMISSION TO PARK; USE OF MONEY FOR EMERGENCY |
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| 25 | 25 | | SERVICES. (a) The Parks and Wildlife Department shall use $1 from |
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| 26 | 26 | | the admission to a state park in the county for the purposes |
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| 27 | 27 | | described by this section. Revenue collected under this section |
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| 28 | 28 | | may be appropriated only to the department to award grants to a |
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| 29 | 29 | | county that provides emergency services that directly or indirectly |
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| 30 | 30 | | benefit the park. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) The county shall use the money to pay for emergency |
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| 32 | 32 | | services provided by the county in the county, including emergency |
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| 33 | 33 | | services provided by volunteers. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 39 | 39 | | * * * * * |
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