Texas Transportation Code

§ 317.003 — AUTHORITY REGARDING FACILITIES

TN § 317.003Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part E. MUNICIPAL STREETS · Ch. 317. ELIMINATION OF GRADE-LEVEL STREET CROSSINGS BY RAILROAD LINES IN MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 100,000 · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)To decrease hazards to life or property, promote public safety or convenience, improve traffic conditions, or encourage the orderly development of the municipality, a municipality may acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, extend, maintain, repair, or replace a facility.

(b)Activities authorized by Subsection (a) include:

(1)removing and relocating railroad tracks, a utility line or pipe, or another improvement;

(2)removing or demolishing a building or another improvement;

(3)paying for damage to other property in connection with an activity described by that subsection; or

(4)improving a street in connection with an activity described by that subsection.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.