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Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 306.031. Management of Parks and Facilities

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The ordinance establishing the board shall designate the parks and facilities owned by the municipality to be placed under the management and control of the board. The municipality may from time to time by ordinance designate additional parks and facilities to be under the management and control of the board.

(b) The board may acquire by gift, devise, or purchase, or improve or enlarge:

(1) land and buildings to be used for public parks, playgrounds, or historical museums; or

(2) land on which are located:

(A) historic buildings, sites, or landmarks of statewide historical significance associated with historic events or personalities;

(B) prehistoric ruins, burial grounds, or archaeological, paleontological, or vertebrate paleontological sites; or

(C) sites including fossilized footprints, inscriptions made by human agency, or any other archaeological, paleontological, or historical buildings, markers, monuments, or other historical features.

(c) Land described by Subsection (b) may be located inside or outside the boundaries of the municipality, but must be located inside the limits of the county in which the municipality is located.

(d) The board shall improve, manage, operate, maintain, equip, and finance:

(1) the parks and facilities placed by ordinance under its management and control; and

(2) additional parks and facilities acquired by gift, but not by the exercise of eminent domain.

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