HB25-1029
Municipal Authority over Certain Land
Concerning the scope of municipal authority over land that a municipality acquires that is outside its municipal limits.
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Subject:
Bill Summary
Local Government
Current law grants a municipality full police power and control (authority) over land that it acquires outside its municipal limits for use as parks, parkways, boulevards, or roads. The bill extends this authority to land that a municipality acquires for open space and natural areas and clarifies that it extends to all such acquired land whether or not it is open or closed to the public.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)