Texas Local Government Code 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.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 306.031
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
(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.