Texas Transportation Code
§ 258.002 — ADOPTION OF COUNTY ROAD MAP
TN § 258.002Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part C. COUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES · Ch. 258. CLARIFICATION OF EXISTENCE OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN ROAD BY ADOPTION OF COUNTY ROAD MAP
Statute text
View on source(a)The commissioners court of a county may propose a county road map that includes each road in which the county claims the existence of a public interest:
(1)under Chapter 281 or other law; or
(2)as a result of having continuously maintained the road with public funds beginning before September 1, 1981.
(b)A commissioners court that proposes a county road map under this section shall hold a public meeting at which a person asserting a private right, title, or interest in a road in which the county has claimed the existence of a public interest may appear before the commissioners court to protest the county's claim. A person asserting a private right, title, or interest in a road may also file a written protest with the county judge at any time before the public meeting. The commissioners court shall appoint a jury of view consisting of five property owners who have no interest in the outcome of the protest to determine, by a majority vote after a public hearing and an examination of the county's road maintenance records and other information, the validity of the county's claim of the existence of a public interest in the road. A county has a valid claim of the existence of a public interest in a road if it provides written records or other information documenting the county's continuous maintenance of the road beginning before September 1, 1981. The determination of the jury of view is binding on the commissioners court, and the commissioners court shall revise the proposed county road map accordingly.
(c)The commissioners court shall publish at least once a week in a newspaper of general circulation in the county for at least four consecutive weeks preceding the date of the public meeting a notice:
(1)advising the public that the commissioners court has proposed a county road map including each road in which the county claims the existence of a public interest;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 236, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.