Tex. Const. art. III, § 52f · Article 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
PRIVATE ROAD WORK BY COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OF 7,500 OR LESS.
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Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
A county with a population of 7,500 or less, according to the most recent federal census, may construct and maintain private roads if it imposes a reasonable charge for the work. The Legislature by general law may limit this authority. Revenue received from private road work may be used only for the construction, including right-of-way acquisition, or maintenance of public roads.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Added Nov. 4, 1980; amended Nov. 3, 2015.)
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.3.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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