Texas Transportation Code
§ 542.0081 — TRAFFIC REGULATIONS: SPECIAL DISTRICT IN CERTAIN COUNTIES
TN § 542.0081Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part C. RULES OF THE ROAD · Ch. 542. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Art. A. APPLICABILITY
Statute text
View on source(a)This section applies only to a road owned or maintained by a special district that is located in the unincorporated area of a county with a population of less than one million.
(b)The residents of all or any portion of a special district may file a petition with the commissioners court of the county in which the roads are located requesting that county enforcement of traffic rules on county roads be extended to the roads of the district. The petition must:
(1)specify the roads over which county enforcement is sought;
(2)specify the traffic rules for which county enforcement is sought; and
(3)be signed by 50 percent of the property owners residing in the area that is served by the roads of the district over which county enforcement is sought.
(c)If the commissioners court finds that granting the request is in the interest of the county generally, the commissioners court shall by order extend the enforcement of traffic rules by the county to the roads of the district specified in the petition. The order may grant enforcement of some or all traffic rules requested in the petition.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 812 (H.B. 2541), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.