87(R) SB 425 - Introduced version - Bill Text

	87R1747 SMT-F
	By:  Miles	S.B.  No.  425

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the power of certain counties to enact certain park use
	rules.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION  1.    The heading to Section 320.0455, Local
	Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec.  320.0455.    RULES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES [A POPULOUS
	COUNTY];  PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS.
	SECTION  2.    Section 320.0455, Local Government Code, is
	amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection
	(b-1) to read as follows:
	(a)    This section applies only to a county with a population
	of:
	(1)    [a county with a population of] 2.8 million or
	more; [and]
	(2)    580,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a
	population of 2.8 million or more; or
	(3)    [a county with a population of] more than 410,000
	and less than 455,000.
	(b)    Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), and subject
	[Subject] to the approval of the commissioners court, the board may
	adopt reasonable rules concerning the use of any park administered
	by the board.
	(b-1)    A board created for a county described by Subsection
	(a)(2) may not adopt rules relating to the use of fireworks.
	SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.