Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3873.156 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES
DISTRICT RULES AND ORDERS; CRIMINAL PENALTY; CIVIL ENFORCEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board may adopt reasonable rules and orders applicable to:
(1) the administration, enforcement, and collection of district taxes;
(2) littering and litter abatement in the parks in the district, including the possession and disposition of glass containers;
(3) activities that endanger the health and safety of persons or property in parks in the district;
(4) tenants, business privileges, concessionaires, users, and activities affecting district property and facilities, including any provision necessary to protect and conserve natural resources; and
(5) a road that borders or runs through a park, subject to an applicable municipal ordinance.
(b) A police officer, constable, sheriff, or other law enforcement officer with jurisdiction in the county may arrest a person violating rules or orders of the board and carry out the prosecution of a person arrested under this subsection in the proper court.
(c) A person who violates a rule or order adopted under this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(d) The county attorney, district attorney, and criminal district attorney or an attorney retained by the board for this purpose may bring an action to enjoin a violation of board rules or orders.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1202 (H.B. 4789), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.3873.htm
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