Tex. Local Government Code § 315.002
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 315.002, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 315.002. ESTABLISHMENT OF MUNICIPAL STREETS THROUGH CERTAIN PARKS.
Official statutory text
(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.
(c) This section does not apply to the campus of an educational institution or to the grounds of an eleemosynary institution.
(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.
(c) This section does not apply to the campus of an educational institution or to the grounds of an eleemosynary institution.
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