Texas Local Government Code 315.002 – Establishment of Municipal Streets Through Certain Parks
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(a) Unless approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting in a referendum on the question, a municipality may not establish or dedicate a thoroughfare, public street, or alley through property that:
(1) is dedicated or used for park purposes; and
(2) includes land owned by the state on which is situated one or more buildings in the construction of which the state has expended at least $50,000.
(b) A municipality may, without an election, maintain driveways through the land described by Subsection (a) if the driveways are for park purposes only and are not for use as general thoroughfares.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 315.002
- Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) This section does not apply to the campus of an educational institution or to the grounds of an eleemosynary institution.