This population floor works together with a Texas-Mexico border test, a bar on any city of at least 500,000, and a largest-city test. Together they limit the new exception to the largest city in a narrow class of border counties without naming any place.
The caption names only the sale of park land, but the operative text exempts any conveyance of park land by the described city. Conveyance is a wider word than sale.
Largest city, border county, 800,000 floor, no 500,000 city. Caption: sale. Bill: any conveyance.
The bill adds a new Subsection (m) to Section 253.001 of the Local Government Code saying that Subsection (b) of that section does not apply when certain cities convey park land. It reaches only a city that is the largest city in a county that touches the Texas-Mexico border, has a population of at least 800,000, and has no city of at least 500,000. That city could convey its park land without Subsection (b) applying, starting immediately on a two-thirds vote of each house or on September 1, 2025.
Labels
Labels: GOT HALFWAY. Passed the Senate on May 7, 2025. Died in the House: voted out of the Intergovernmental Affairs committee 9-0, no floor vote.
relating to the sale of park land owned by certain municipalities.
WHAT IT DOES
Largest city, border county, 800,000 floor, no 500,000 city. Caption: sale. Bill: any conveyance.
The bill adds a new Subsection (m) to Section 253.001 of the Local Government Code saying that Subsection (b) of that section does not apply when certain cities convey park land. It reaches only a city that is the largest city in a county that touches the Texas-Mexico border, has a population of at least 800,000, and has no city of at least 500,000. That city could convey its park land without Subsection (b) applying, starting immediately on a two-thirds vote of each house or on September 1, 2025.
This population floor works together with a Texas-Mexico border test, a bar on any city of at least 500,000, and a largest-city test. Together they limit the new exception to the largest city in a narrow class of border counties without naming any place.
The caption names only the sale of park land, but the operative text exempts any conveyance of park land by the described city. Conveyance is a wider word than sale.
TOTAL
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Senator J. Hinojosa moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 2675 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 29 (published)
Nay: 2 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.
Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.
Sources
Senator J. Hinojosa moved to suspend the regular order of business to take up for consideration CSSB 2675 at this time on its second reading: CSSB 2675, Relating to the conveyance of certain park land owned by certain municipalities. The motion prevailed. Senators Hall and Hughes asked to be recorded as voting "Nay" on suspension of the regular order of business. The bill was read second time and was passed to engrossment by a viva voce vote.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Witnesses2
For
1
Against
1
On
0
Names
For
City of McAllen1 registration
Against
Self1 registration
Sources
2 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.
Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.
House committee · Intergovernmental Affairs · Committee vote 9 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee
Senate committee · Local Government · Committee vote 6 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee
Subjects
MCALLEN, CITY OF (GV5PF)
City Government--Land Use & Zoning
County Government--Land Use & Zoning
Parks & Wildlife--Parks
Text
The text as introduced · 172 words
2025S0225-1 03/12/25
By: Hinojosa of Hidalgo
S.B. No. 2675
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sale of park land owned by certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 253.001, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:
(m) Subsection (b) does not apply to a conveyance of park
land owned by a municipality that:
(1) is located in a county that:
(A) is adjacent to the Texas-Mexico border;
(B) has a population of at least 800,000; and
(C) does not include a city that has a population
of at least 500,000; and
(2) is the largest municipality in a county described
by Subdivision (1).
SECTION 2. 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, 2025.
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