Tex. Local Government Code § 212.205
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 212.205, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 212.205. PARKLAND DEDICATION, FEE, OR COMBINATION.
Official statutory text
(a) A municipality may require a landowner to dedicate a portion of the landowner's property for parkland use, impose a parkland dedication fee, or both require the dedication and impose the fee under a plan application filed under this subchapter by:
(1) paying a fee set in accordance with Section 212.210(b) or 212.211(b), as applicable; or
(2) dedicating a portion up to the maximum size authorized under Section 212.208 and paying a reduced fee set in accordance with Section 212.210(d) or 212.211(c), as applicable.
(b) A municipality may allow a landowner to elect a parkland dedication, a parkland dedication fee, or a dedication and fee under Subsection (a).
(1) paying a fee set in accordance with Section 212.210(b) or 212.211(b), as applicable; or
(2) dedicating a portion up to the maximum size authorized under Section 212.208 and paying a reduced fee set in accordance with Section 212.210(d) or 212.211(c), as applicable.
(b) A municipality may allow a landowner to elect a parkland dedication, a parkland dedication fee, or a dedication and fee under Subsection (a).
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