82R4468 TJB-F
By: Hegar S.B. No. 803
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to venue projects in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 334, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 334.0083 to read as follows:
Sec. 334.0083. VENUE PROJECTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) A
county with a population of 50,000 or less in which at least one
state park and one national wildlife refuge are located may plan,
acquire, establish, develop, construct, or renovate a venue as
described by Subsection (b) as a venue project under this chapter.
(b) In this section "venue" has the meaning assigned by
Section 334.001 and includes a tourism development project such as
a park, aquarium, birding center, bird viewing site, history
center, art center, nature center, nature trail, museum, or
water-related project that creates or enhances an activity
involving water sports or fishing.
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.