| 1 | 1 | | 88R14891 BEE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Dutton H.B. No. 4767 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the creation of the Julia C. Hester House State Park. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 22, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | by adding Subchapter U to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SUBCHAPTER U. JULIA C. HESTER HOUSE STATE PARK |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 22.271. ESTABLISHMENT OF PARK; JURISDICTION. The |
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| 13 | 13 | | Julia C. Hester House State Park is established under the |
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| 14 | 14 | | jurisdiction of the department. |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 2. (a) Julia C. Hester House State Park, |
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| 16 | 16 | | established under Subchapter U, Chapter 22, Parks and Wildlife |
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| 17 | 17 | | Code, as added by this Act, consists of the undeveloped land |
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| 18 | 18 | | appurtenant to the Julia C. Hester House settlement house and |
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| 19 | 19 | | community center in the city of Houston. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) The Parks and Wildlife Department may acquire by |
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| 21 | 21 | | purchase, gift, lease, or condemnation the land described in |
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| 22 | 22 | | Subsection (a) of this section. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) Subchapter U, Chapter 22, Parks and Wildlife Code, as |
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| 24 | 24 | | added by this Act, takes effect on the date the Parks and Wildlife |
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| 25 | 25 | | Department finally acquires all the land described in Subsection |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) of this section. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. Except as provided by Section 2(c) of this Act, |
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| 28 | 28 | | this Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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