Section 61.101 - Local Hearing on Proclamation(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.Tex. Parks and Wild. § 61.101
Amended By Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 81, eff. 9/1/1997.Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 1, Sec. 58, eff. 9/1/1985 Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1975.