OFFICEOF THEATTORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS AUSTIN

iionoreble Ir'la.YelCerman 

### ACLingCounty Attorney XraVIIICOunLY Austin, Texas


### DeerSirs Opinion No. O-6210

Rer Authority

question end not4 **Acti%** County A tional ecquielt th4 city llmlts You ark in your

i st 

### on theabove he question, 

### aa is tbaL addi- & Austin outride onuesof the aountg, loving que~tlonst 6081-B prohibit orporatod city e of parks and 8 of 640 acres purchaee or

s Artlole 6081-D prohibit of any lncorporatod city r the purpose of parks and outsida of 1~s oity limits, by purchese or condemnation? *-

‘,3. Do tliose artioles meanthat the govcmlng body of an 40incorporated city mayown end hold more ihan o acre4 outelde of ihe city llcaics, LObe used for the purpoee of parks and play grounds, but that they can 

### never

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### acquiremorethan640acre@atany **01x4**

## time,by purchase or oondemuation?

“4. DoArticles 6081-B and 6081-D llmlt the riqh;s conferred upan Uonc !?ule ol-vies by Art:ele 1175, Bection 15, uith reference to aoqtirLng property ouisldo of the c:ry ltnits fop parks end playgrounds?” The ahsver is your flrsi question is that ANiale 608lb, Verna~~n Annotated Civil Statutes, is a bracket lav applicable only to cftiea of a certain populetloh by the 1923 census. Austin doeo not comevithlh the ola~sslfleatlon bewwe It bed 144s than 43,000 Inhabitants by the 1920 oeneus. Therefore, the ansveP to 

### yourquestion Is no.

Artiole 60816, Vernon’9 Annotated Civil Btatutss, which you 

### lnqulm about in your seeond question. oohtaina provlsionn vhiah are similar to thoee aontainod In Artlele 6081b, except that it la not a bracket lav. Section 1 0r that article prov%des:

**“ SOC.**  1. That Ma 

### govemlng bodyofany incorporated alty In ‘thfs state ney **mcelve** end hold through @it or madorded%oatian, and 1s hereby 

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**npover4d** to oondemuor to pumhase land& vlthout its terrltorUtl 1iast.s andvlthLn the county in vhioh such city is situated for the pux’posa of establlsbixrg and sbaiata~ t&r+ on pubI& rocreatlonal **parks** end playgrounds, either or both, no one of such parka or playgrounds vhlch maybe 

### acquiredby purchaee or thxough oondomnatlon to exaeed 320 acres in aPoa and the total acroage outslde of the lidts of the city vb%ahmaybs acqulreo by **purch484** and through oondmnatfon procecdlngs, either or both, shall not **4xo4cct** 640 acroe.” Section 6 of ~riicls 6C@ld 1imUs the sp?lPcation of Section 1 co those titles that do not **h6vs** contrary **pmvi** 

### don5 ln tholrohertare. SoOtioR 6 pPOVid84s

‘Nothing here- contained rhall be cone~rued 86 repoallng My provisions oi My special charter or any inaorporated oity, butHon. Urn.Yalderman - Page 3

the powers, teram end provisions hereof shall exS8t an altematlve powers, terms aad provlslons af any such special charter and any alty which shall hereafter adopt oc eaend ito ownoharter under the terms of the RamsRule provision8 of the ConatituLion mayprovide In any suoh charter or amendment8thereto provlslcum on the subject aovsred hereby other than eml differing froa those herein provlded.” Section 1 of Artiole X%VIof the oharter of the City of Austin (19%) authoriaer the City Couuoil to acquire land outaide the altg litits for parka end playgrouuds, an follows,

“The City Uouncll shall have pciwer to aequlre land inside OPoutride of the corporate boundaribrr~or the City or Austin, by puramas or aondeanation, r0l the purpose of establlahing 

### orenlar@ng any 

### park,parkway or pla;ygzvund, and to improve, equip, prllltaln madregulate the use or @ma, aad the applloable provisions or the laws 0r the state or Texas relating to emlneat domain are adopted snd made a part or thl8 Artlole and rhall apply in uondemmtlon proceeding8 hereunder, but the City of Austin shall not be 

### requiredto exeaute the bon& referred to fn raid law8.’ Article 60816, therefore,- does not limit the amount of land which the City of Austin may

### 6oqulreby condeauation end purohase outside the city llalte for park8 and playgrounda underArtlcls XXVIor the City Charter. Thiis is a speolal oharttr opd it is not repealed by Article 6081d. Also, Austin 1s a Hose Rule City and it; la exprersly authorized by Section 6 of Article 6Oiosldto “provide ln any ruah charter or amendments thereto provS.slons on the subject covered’hereby other thau aud diiiering Promthose herein provided.” We, thesefore, answer your second question no.

In view 0r our answera to your first two qusrtions, it becomee unnsaesaery to answer 

### yourthird qusrti3R.

your Question Ro. 3 is an abstract queetlon 

### aa far ae the City of Au8ti.n is conaerued. Article 608lb, in

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Section 6 and Article 60816, lu Seotion 6 (OOpied above) each provide that *nothing oontalned In this act ah811 be ionswued as repealing anx pmvlalona of any special charter of any inoorporated oity. The City of Austin baa in Arclcle XXVIa apeolal provlalon on parka and playgrouuda 

### which gives it greater powers than Artlole 6081d. It la 

### truethOt Section 15 of Artlale 1175, Revised Civil Statutes, 1925, confers the sane8

### powerscm the City of Auatln as to 

### acquiring parka and playgrounds outside the city limlta as doen Article XXVIof the City Wrter. It is not necessary, however, to 

### passon whether Artlole 60816 ll&ta the powers aonfarred on HomeRule Cities by Seation 15 of Artiole 1175 because Article 60&J, by its OYLI 

### DrOViSiMS, is not applltable to cliLaa llka Austin which have l apeclal charter provision on the subject of parka and playgrounds whleh is other titan and differs 

## rr0aAxtiole 6081d. No, accordiqgly, find no neceeaity r0P anawedng your rowth question.

Trusting that the foregoing gives you the lnfomatlon desired, we **are** Yours very truly ATTORURY

CamRALOFTEXAS

BY Fe&anDlckaon

Assistant FDIBT