Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 212.206 · Subchapter H. MULTIFAMILY, HOTEL, AND MOTEL PARKLAND DEDICATION: MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 800,000
REQUEST FOR PARKLAND DEDICATION DETERMINATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A landowner may, at the landowner's sole discretion, make a written request to a municipality that the municipality make a timely determination of the dedication amount the municipality will impose under the municipality's parkland dedication requirements as applied to the landowner's property being considered for development.
(b) A municipality may make a reasonable written request to the landowner for additional information that is:
(1) publicly and readily available; and
(2) necessary to provide a determination under this section.
(c) A municipality shall respond in writing to a request made under Subsection (a) not later than the 30th day after the date the municipality receives a completed request. If the municipality fails to respond in accordance with this subsection, the municipality may not require a parkland dedication as a condition of approval of a proposed plan or application for property that is the subject of the request.
(d) A parkland dedication determination issued under this section:
(1) is a legally binding determination of the amount of the landowner's parkland dedication for the property that is the subject of the determination; and
(2) is applicable to the property that is the subject of the determination for a period that is the lesser of:
(A) two years; or
(B) the time between the date the determination is issued and the date a plan application is filed that uses or relies on the determination.
(e) A landowner may release in writing a municipality from a determination made under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 493 (H.B. 1526), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2023.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.212.htm
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