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.