Bill Text: TX SB1657 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to notice required to be given to certain individuals and entities before the Parks and Wildlife Department executes a lease for real property for the development of a state park.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [SB1657 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1657-Introduced.html

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88R13495 BEE-D
By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1657

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice required to be given to certain individuals and
entities before the Parks and Wildlife Department executes a lease
for real property for the development of a state park.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Parks and Wildlife
Code, is amended by adding Section 13.0025 to read as follows:
Sec. 13.0025. NOTICE REQUIRED BEFORE LEASE OF LAND FOR PARK
DEVELOPMENT. The department may not execute a lease for land on
which to develop a state park unless the department provides notice
of the proposed lease to:
(1) the state senator of any district in which land
proposed to be acquired under the lease is located;
(2) the state representative of any district in which
land proposed to be acquired under the lease is located;
(3) each member of the senate finance committee;
(4) each member of the house appropriations committee;
and
(5) the Legislative Budget Board.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.