A home-rule municipality may police the following areas owned by and located outside the municipality:
(1) parks and grounds;
(2) lakes and land contiguous to and used in connection with a lake; and
(3) speedways and boulevards.
AUTHORITY OF HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY TO POLICE MUNICIPALLY OWNED PROPERTY OUTSIDE MUNICIPALITY
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Armendariz v. State (2003)
Most recently applied in Armendariz v. State (December 2003)
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff
A home-rule municipality may police the following areas owned by and located outside the municipality:
(1) parks and grounds;
(2) lakes and land contiguous to and used in connection with a lake; and
(3) speedways and boulevards.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.