Texas Transportation Code
§ 311.002 — GENERAL AUTHORITY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY
TN § 311.002Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part E. MUNICIPAL STREETS · Ch. 311. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO MUNICIPAL STREETS · Art. A. GENERAL AUTHORITY
Statute text
View on source(a)A general-law municipality has exclusive control over the highways, streets, and alleys of the municipality.
(b)The municipality may:
(1)abate or remove an encroachment or obstruction on a highway, street, or alley;
(2)open, change, regulate, or improve a street; or
(3)put a drain or sewer in a street, prevent the obstruction of the drain or sewer, or protect the drain or sewer from encroachment or damage.
(c)To carry out its powers under this section, the municipality may:
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Legislative history
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.