Bill Text: TX SB1924 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to concurrent state and federal jurisdiction over certain units of the national park system in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2011-05-02 - Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs [SB1924 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1924-Introduced.html
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| By: Uresti | S.B. No. 1924 | |
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| relating to concurrent state and federal jurisdiction over certain | ||
| units of the national park system in this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter A, Chapter 23, Parks | ||
| and Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER A. BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; RIO GRANDE WILD AND SCENIC | ||
| RIVER | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 23, Parks and Wildlife | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Sections 23.0011, 23.003, and 23.004 to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 23.0011. CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS OF PARK RESIDENTS. | ||
| (a) The civil and political rights of a person who resides inside | ||
| the boundaries of Big Bend National Park or the Rio Grande Wild and | ||
| Scenic River are preserved and are not impaired by this state's | ||
| acceptance of concurrent jurisdiction under Section 23.004. | ||
| (b) This section expires September 1, 2012, unless the | ||
| governor has received written acceptance of concurrent | ||
| jurisdiction under Section 23.004(b) by that date. | ||
| Sec. 23.003. RETROCESSION OF CONCURRENT JURISDICTION. (a) | ||
| Simultaneously with the cession of concurrent jurisdiction under | ||
| Section 23.004, the governor, on behalf of the state, shall accept | ||
| from an authorized official of the National Park Service, United | ||
| States Department of the Interior, a retrocession of concurrent | ||
| jurisdiction over territory that is: | ||
| (1) under exclusive federal jurisdiction; and | ||
| (2) in: | ||
| (A) Big Bend National Park; or | ||
| (B) the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River. | ||
| (b) This section expires September 1, 2012, unless the | ||
| governor has received written acceptance of concurrent | ||
| jurisdiction under Section 23.004(b) by that date. | ||
| Sec. 23.004. CESSION OF CONCURRENT JURISDICTION. (a) The | ||
| governor, on behalf of the state, shall cede to the United States | ||
| concurrent jurisdiction over territory that: | ||
| (1) is owned by the United States within the | ||
| boundaries of: | ||
| (A) Big Bend National Park; or | ||
| (B) the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River; and | ||
| (2) is or would be, if not for this cession, under | ||
| proprietorial federal jurisdiction. | ||
| (b) The cession of jurisdiction takes effect when an | ||
| authorized official of the National Park Service, United States | ||
| Department of the Interior, accepts it in writing. | ||
| (c) Not later than the 21st day after the date the written | ||
| acceptance is received in the governor's office, the governor shall | ||
| provide a copy of the acceptance to the secretary of state. The | ||
| secretary of state shall publish the acceptance in the Texas | ||
| Register. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) Not later than October 1, 2011, the governor | ||
| shall send a copy of this Act to an authorized official of the | ||
| National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, to | ||
| request consideration and acceptance of the changes in jurisdiction | ||
| proposed in this Act. | ||
| (b) If the governor receives written confirmation from an | ||
| authorized official of the National Park Service, United States | ||
| Department of the Interior, that the National Park Service accepts | ||
| the changes in jurisdiction made by this Act, the governor shall | ||
| implement Section 23.004(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, as added by | ||
| this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
