Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	H.B. No. 72
	1	+	By: Reynolds, Jetton, Stephenson H.B. No. 72
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Miles)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021;
	4	+	May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
	5	+	Government; May 22, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable
	6	+	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
	7	+	May 22, 2021, sent to printer.)
	8	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	9	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 72 By: Hall
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	12	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	13		AN ACT
5	14		relating to the power of certain counties to enact certain park use
6	15		rules; changing a criminal penalty.
7	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	17		SECTION 1. The heading to Section 320.0455, Local
9	18		Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
10	19		Sec. 320.0455. RULES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES [A POPULOUS
11	20		COUNTY]; PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS.
12	21		SECTION 2. Section 320.0455, Local Government Code, is
13	22		amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding
14	23		Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
15	24		(a) This section applies only to a county with a population
16	25		of:
17	26		(1) [a county with a population of] 2.8 million or
18	27		more; [and]
19	28		(2) 580,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a
20	29		population of 2.8 million or more; or
21	30		(3) [a county with a population of] more than 410,000
22	31		and less than 455,000.
23	32		(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), and subject
24	33		[Subject] to the approval of the commissioners court, the board may
25	34		adopt reasonable rules concerning the use of any park administered
26	35		by the board.
27	36		(b-1) A board created for a county described by Subsection
28	37		(a)(2) may not adopt rules relating to the use of fireworks.
29	38		(c) A person who [commits an offense if the person] violates
30	39		a rule approved by the commissioners court under Subsection (b) is
31	40		liable to the county for a civil penalty of not more than $100 per
32	41		violation. A county may bring suit in a district court or county
33	42		court to recover a civil penalty authorized by this subsection [An
34	43		offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor].
35	44		SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act do not affect
36	45		the pending prosecution of an offense under Section 320.0455, Local
37	46		Government Code, as that section existed immediately before the
38	47		effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the
39	48		effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
40	49		date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in
41	50		effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense
42	51		was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element
43	52		of the offense was committed before that date.
44	53		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
45		-	______________________________ ______________________________
46		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
47		-	I certify that H.B. No. 72 was passed by the House on April
48		-	30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 108, Nays 33, 2 present, not
49		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
50		-	No. 72 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 104, Nays 41, 1
51		-	present, not voting.
52		-	______________________________
53		-	Chief Clerk of the House
54		-	I certify that H.B. No. 72 was passed by the Senate, with
55		-	amendments, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
56		-	0.
57		-	______________________________
58		-	Secretary of the Senate
59		-	APPROVED: __________________
60		-	Date
61		-	__________________
62		-	Governor
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