Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8253.052 · Subchapter B. POWERS AND DUTIES
ROAD PROJECTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may finance, construct, or acquire a road project as provided by this section.
(b) The district shall employ or contract with a licensed engineer to certify whether a proposed road project meets the criteria for a thoroughfare, arterial, or collector road of:
(1) a county in whose jurisdiction the proposed road project is located; or
(2) a municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the proposed road project is located.
(c) The district may finance, construct, or acquire a road that has been certified by the licensed engineer as a thoroughfare, arterial, or collector road, or any improvements in aid of the road.
(d) A road project must meet all applicable standards, regulations, ordinances, or orders of:
(1) each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located; and
(2) each county in which the road project is located if the road project is not located in the corporate limits of a municipality.
(e) The district may, with the consent of the municipality or county, convey a completed road project to:
(1) a municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located; or
(2) a county in which the road project is located.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 588 (S.B. 1991), Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2007.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 790 (H.B. 4022), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
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