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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Local Government Code § 212.205: PARKLAND DEDICATION, FEE, OR COMBINATION.

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  1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
  3. SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY
  4. CHAPTER 212. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT
  5. SUBCHAPTER H. MULTIFAMILY, HOTEL, AND MOTEL PARKLAND DEDICATION: MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 800,000

(a) A municipality may require a landowner to dedicate a portion of the landowner's property for parkland use, impose a parkland dedication fee, or both require the dedication and impose the fee under a plan application filed under this subchapter by:

(1) paying a fee set in accordance with Section 212.210(b) or 212.211(b), as applicable; or

(2) dedicating a portion up to the maximum size authorized under Section 212.208 and paying a reduced fee set in accordance with Section 212.210(d) or 212.211(c), as applicable.

(b) A municipality may allow a landowner to elect a parkland dedication, a parkland dedication fee, or a dedication and fee under Subsection (a).

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 493 (H.B. 1526), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2023.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:27Z. Source file · JSON

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