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

Tex. Local Government Code § 282.002: GENERAL AUTHORITY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.

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  1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 9. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
  3. SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
  4. CHAPTER 282. MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OVER PUBLIC GROUNDS

(a) A general-law municipality has exclusive control over the public grounds of the municipality.

(b) The municipality may abate or remove an encroachment or obstruction on the public grounds of the municipality.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

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

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