Texas Transportation Code
§ 251.051 — GENERAL AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONERS COURT
TN § 251.051Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part C. COUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES · Ch. 251. GENERAL COUNTY AUTHORITY RELATING TO ROADS AND BRIDGES · Art. B. ESTABLISHING AND CLOSING ROADS
Statute text
View on source(a)The commissioners court of a county shall:
(1)order that public roads be laid out, opened, discontinued, closed, abandoned, vacated, or altered; and
(2)assume control of streets and alleys in a municipality that does not have an active de facto municipal government.
(b)A unanimous vote of the commissioners court is required to:
(1)close, abandon, or vacate a public road; or
(2)alter a public road, except to shorten it from end to end.
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Legislative history
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.