Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 61.101 · Subchapter D. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
LOCAL HEARING ON PROCLAMATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Before a proclamation of the commission may be adopted, the department shall hold public hearings in the county to be affected by the proclamation if the director or the director's designee receives a petition for a public hearing signed by not less than 25 persons who reside in the county.
(b) The hearing may be conducted by a member of the commission or by any designated employee of the department. This subsection does not require the presence of a member at any local hearing.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 1, Sec. 58, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 81, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.61.htm
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