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

Tex. Local Government Code § 212.206: REQUEST FOR PARKLAND DEDICATION DETERMINATION.

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

Where this section sits in the code

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

(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.

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

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