Tex. Parks & Wild. Code Section 81.502
Powers and Duties

To the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, the department may:

(1)

determine the acceptance or rejection of state scientific areas proposed for incorporation into a state system of scientific areas;

(2)

make and publish all rules and regulations necessary for the management and protection of scientific areas;

(3)

cooperate and contract with any agencies, organizations, or individuals for the purposes of this subchapter;

(4)

accept gifts, grants, devises, and bequests of money, securities, or property to be used in accordance with the tenor of such gift, grant, devise, or bequest;

(5)

formulate policies for the selection, acquisition, management, and protection of state scientific areas;

(6)

negotiate for and approve the dedication of state scientific areas as part of the system;

(7)

advocate research, investigations, interpretive programs, and publication and dissemination of information pertaining to state scientific areas and related areas of scientific value;

(8)

acquire interests in real property by purchase; and

(9)

hold and manage lands within the system.
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.

Source: Section 81.502 — Powers and Duties, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.­81.­htm#81.­502 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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