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.