Section 81.502 - Powers and Duties To the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, the department may:
(1) determine the acceptance or rejection of state scientific areas proposed for incorporation into a state system of scientific areas;(2) make and publish all rules and regulations necessary for the management and protection of scientific areas;(3) cooperate and contract with any agencies, organizations, or individuals for the purposes of this subchapter;(4) accept gifts, grants, devises, and bequests of money, securities, or property to be used in accordance with the tenor of such gift, grant, devise, or bequest;(5) formulate policies for the selection, acquisition, management, and protection of state scientific areas;(6) negotiate for and approve the dedication of state scientific areas as part of the system;(7) advocate research, investigations, interpretive programs, and publication and dissemination of information pertaining to state scientific areas and related areas of scientific value;(8) acquire interests in real property by purchase; and(9) hold and manage lands within the system.Tex. Parks and Wild. § 81.502
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1975.