By: Orr H.B. No. 4757
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the preservation of Fairfield Lake State Park.
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) Fairfield Lake is one of the premier recreational
lakes in the state.
(b) Any application for a permit amendment pertaining to Big
Brown Creek and/or Fairfield Lake, in the Trinity River Basin of
Freestone County shall also require Texas Parks and Wildlife
Commission approval.
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.