{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-327.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 327.051","heading":"COUNTIES AUTHORIZED TO CREATE ZOO BOARD.","body":"The commissioners court of a county with a population of more than 2.1 million that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 2.1 million by order may authorize the creation of a zoo board under this chapter to establish, finance, and manage facilities and services to provide conservation, education, research, public recreation, and care relating to the study and display of animals and other specimens in a public zoological park.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1235, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 167, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES","SUBTITLE B. COUNTY PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES","CHAPTER 327. ZOOLOGICAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE BOARDS","SUBCHAPTER B. CREATION OF ZOO BOARD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.327.htm#327.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"3b818ddafa14d78b5fc83e1f8e014e16280a183315d0986bf0adcbdc707ec146","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-327.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-327.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}