Bill Text: TX HB3801 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the centennial parks conservation fund to be administered by the Parks and Wildlife Department.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-20 - Left pending in committee [HB3801 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3801-Introduced.html
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By: King of Hemphill | H.B. No. 3801 |
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relating to the centennial parks conservation fund to be | ||
administered by the Parks and Wildlife Department. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Title 3, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended by | ||
adding Chapter 21-A to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 21-A. CENTENNIAL PARKS CONSERVATION FUND | ||
Sec. 21-A.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "fund" means | ||
the centennial parks conservation fund established under Section | ||
49-e-1, Article III, Texas Constitution. | ||
Sec. 21-A.002. USE OF CENTENNIAL PARKS CONSERVATION FUND. | ||
Money in the fund may be spent only to: | ||
(1) acquire state park sites from the United States or | ||
any of its agencies, agencies of the state, or any other person; | ||
(2) improve, develop, beautify, equip, and maintain | ||
park sites; | ||
(3) provide grants to political subdivisions for local | ||
parks as provided by Chapter 24; and | ||
(4) support department land, soil, and water | ||
conservation efforts. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2024, but only | ||
if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 88th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2023, providing for the creation of the centennial | ||
parks conservation fund to be administered by the Parks and | ||
Wildlife Department is approved by the voters. If that amendment is | ||
not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect. |