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

Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3873.156: DISTRICT RULES AND ORDERS; CRIMINAL PENALTY; CIVIL ENFORCEMENT.

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  1. SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE
  2. TITLE 4. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT
  3. SUBTITLE C. DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVEMENT, AND MANAGEMENT
  4. CHAPTER 3873. KAUFMAN COUNTY PARKS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
  5. SUBCHAPTER D. POWERS AND DUTIES

(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.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1202 (H.B. 4789), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:41Z. Source file · JSON

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