2009 Texas Code
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 10. PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
CHAPTER 332. MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES  

LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE

TITLE 10. PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

SUBTITLE C. PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 332. MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS AND

FACILITIES

SUBCHAPTER A. MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY AUTHORITY

Sec. 332.001. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:

(1) "Governing body" means a governing body of a municipality or

commissioners court of a county, or another body acting in place

of the municipal governing body or commissioners court.

(2) "Board" means a board, commission, committee, or council

appointed or designated to carry out this subchapter.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 332.002. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF RECREATIONAL

FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS. A municipality or county may establish,

provide, acquire, maintain, construct, equip, operate, and

supervise recreational facilities and programs, either singly or

jointly in cooperation with one or more other municipalities or

counties.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 332.003. REFERENDUM. A municipality or county may submit

in an election of its qualified voters the question of whether it

should exercise the powers conferred by this subchapter.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 332.004. FINANCES. (a) A municipality or county may pay

costs and expenses of carrying out this subchapter from its

general revenues or from other revenues provided by law for the

establishment or the operation of parks and recreational

facilities.

(b) Municipalities and counties jointly exercising the powers by

this subchapter may agree on the manner and method of division of

costs and expenses.

(c) Renumbered as V.T.C.A. Local Government Code, Sec. 445.022

by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 8.02, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 807, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 8.02, eff. Aug. 30,

1993.

Sec. 332.005. ADMINISTRATION. A governing body may administer

and operate recreational facilities and programs through a bureau

or department of recreation or through a board established

jointly with another governing body. The board shall adopt rules

for the administration and operation of the recreational

facilities and programs under its control subject to the approval

of the establishing governing bodies.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 332.006. GRANTS. A municipality or county may accept a

grant, a lease, a loan or devise of real estate, a gift or

bequest of money, either principal or income, or any other

personal property for temporary or permanent use for the

establishment, operation, or support of public recreation

facilities and programs.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

SUBCHAPTER B. JOINT FACILITIES FOR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS

Sec. 332.021. JOINT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. (a) Any two

political subdivisions, including municipalities and independent

school districts, that are located in the same or adjacent

counties may jointly by agreement establish, provide, maintain,

construct, and operate playgrounds, recreation centers, athletic

fields, swimming pools, and other park or recreational facilities

located on property owned or acquired by either political

subdivision.

(b) The political subdivisions acting jointly may issue bonds

and otherwise act under either Subchapter A, Chapter 1504,

Government Code, or Subchapter C, Chapter 1508, Government Code,

for the purposes authorized by this section. The political

subdivisions may issue the bonds and take other joint actions

under their agreement by joint concurrent ordinances or

resolutions.

(c) The political subdivisions may delegate supervision and

management of the facilities to an operating board or agency.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.325, eff. Sept.

1, 2001.