2019 Texas Statutes
Parks and Wildlife Code
Title 3 - Parks
Chapter 26 - Protection of Public Parks and Recreational Lands
Section 26.004. Excluded Lands
Sec. 26.004. EXCLUDED LANDS. A department, agency, board, or political subdivision having control of the public land is not required to comply with this chapter if:
(1) the land is originally obtained and designated for another public use and is temporarily used as a park, recreation area, or wildlife refuge pending its use for the originally designated purpose;
(2) the program or project that requires the use or taking of the land being used temporarily as a park, recreation area, or wildlife refuge is the same program or project for which the land was originally obtained and designated; and
(3) the land has not been designated by the department, agency, political subdivision, county, or municipality for use as a park, recreation area, or wildlife refuge before September 1, 1975.
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1035, ch. 235, art. 6, Sec. 2(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1983.
