Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 26.004 · Chapter 26. PROTECTION OF PUBLIC PARKS AND RECREATIONAL LANDS
EXCLUDED LANDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1035, ch. 235, art. 6, Sec. 2(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1983.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.26.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 5668c5baa526d55519ecbf8c78f40d3d3c803f78e8ec6776384887ba83483275
- 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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