Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 282.001 · Chapter 282. MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OVER PUBLIC GROUNDS
GENERAL AUTHORITY OF HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A home-rule municipality has exclusive control over and under the public grounds of the municipality.
(b) The municipality may control, regulate, or remove an encroachment or obstruction on the public grounds of the municipality.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.282.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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