89R11446 BEE-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 2935
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the Julia C. Hester House State Park.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 22, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter U to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER U. JULIA C. HESTER HOUSE STATE PARK
Sec. 22.271. ESTABLISHMENT OF PARK; JURISDICTION. The
Julia C. Hester House State Park is established under the
jurisdiction of the department.
SECTION 2. (a) Julia C. Hester House State Park,
established under Subchapter U, Chapter 22, Parks and Wildlife
Code, as added by this Act, consists of the undeveloped land
appurtenant to the Julia C. Hester House settlement house and
community center in the city of Houston.
(b) The Parks and Wildlife Department may acquire by
purchase, gift, lease, or condemnation the land described in
Subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Subchapter U, Chapter 22, Parks and Wildlife Code, as
added by this Act, takes effect on the date the Parks and Wildlife
Department finally acquires all the land described in Subsection
(a) of this section.
SECTION 3. Except as provided by Section 2(c) of this Act,
this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.