Texas Local Government Code Title 10, Chapter 331 - Municipal And County Authority To Acquire And Maintain Parks, Museums, And Historic Sites

• Texas Section 331.001 - General Authority
  (a) A municipality or county may improve land for park purposes and may operate and maintain parks. The authority to improve the land includes the...
• Texas Section 331.002 - Acquisition Of Historic Objects
  A municipality or county may acquire by gift or purchase, individually or in a collection, any historic book, painting, sculpture, coin, or other object or...
• Texas Section 331.003 - Eminent Domain
  A municipality or county may exercise eminent domain under Section 331.001(b) for the acquisition of a historic site, building, or structure only on a showing...
• Texas Section 331.004 - Bonds And Taxes
  (a) A municipality or county may issue negotiable bonds for the purpose of acquiring or improving land, buildings, or historically significant objects for park purposes...
• Texas Section 331.005 - Management Of Facilities
  (a) Parks acquired under this chapter are under the control and management of the municipality or county acquiring the park. The commissioners court or the...
• Texas Section 331.006 - Concessions
  (a) The management of any park, historical museum, or historic or prehistoric site acquired under this chapter may sell or lease concessions or privileges for...
• Texas Section 331.007 - Public Use
  A park, a playground, a historical museum and its contents, or a historic or prehistoric site acquired and maintained under this chapter shall be open...
• Texas Section 331.008 - Municipal And County Cooperation
  (a) A municipality and a county may act in cooperation with each other in the exercise of authority under this chapter. A park, playground, museum,...
• Texas Section 331.009 - Road Closings
  A roadway on land acquired by a municipality for park purposes outside the municipal limits, or a roadway that abuts on both sides land that...
• Texas Section 331.010 - Cooperation Of State Agencies
  (a) The Parks and Wildlife Department may cooperate with a municipality or county in the acquisition and establishment of parks and playgrounds, and may adopt...

Last modified: September 28, 2016