Tex.
Local Gov't Code Section 306.031
Management of Parks and Facilities
(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.(b)
In addition to other powers under this chapter, the municipality or the board of the municipality may acquire by any method, including by gift, devise, lease, or purchase or may improve land or buildings, or may construct or enlarge buildings, to be used for public parks, playgrounds, or other facilities that serve the purpose of attracting visitors and tourists to the municipality. The municipality or board may lease the facilities, as lessor or lessee, on terms the municipality or board considers appropriate. The land 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.(c)
In a municipality subject to this section, the facilities placed under the management and control of the board may include:(1)
parks;(2)
civic centers, civic center buildings, auditoriums, exhibition halls, or coliseums;(3)
marinas or cruise ship terminal facilities;(4)
hotels or motels;(5)
parking or storage facilities for motor vehicles or other conveyances;(6)
golf courses;(7)
trolley or trolley transportation systems; and(8)
other facilities considered advisable in connection with the preceding facilities that serve the purpose of attracting visitors and tourists to the municipality.
Source:
Section 306.031 — Management of Parks and Facilities, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.306.htm#306.031 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
