CHAPTER 330. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 10. PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
SUBTITLE B. COUNTY PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL
RESOURCES
CHAPTER 330. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 330.001. OPERATION AND FINANCING OF COUNTY MUSEUMS. (a)
This section applies only to a county that has substantial urban
areas and borders on an international boundary. For the purposes
of this subsection, a county has substantial urban areas only if
at least four municipalities, each with a population of more than
25,000, are located in the county.
(b) A county may construct or operate a museum in the county to
display, construct, restore, preserve, maintain, or reconstruct
buildings, works of art, and related furnishings for exhibitions.
(c) A county may contract with an entity operating a museum in
the county to provide the museum described by Subsection (b). To
be eligible to enter into the contract, the entity must be:
(1) organized under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act
(Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); and
(2) accredited by a nationally recognized association of museums
acceptable to the county.
(d) As part of the contract, the commissioners court may
appropriate money from the general fund of the county to the
museum to purchase, display, construct, restore, preserve,
maintain, operate, or reconstruct a building, work of art, or
related furnishings used by the museum to further its exhibitions
or operations and to promote county purposes under this chapter.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
738, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.