Tex. Transp. Code § 254.001 · Chapter 254. DRAINAGE ON PUBLIC ROADS

DEFINITIONS.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

In this chapter:

(1) "Ditch" includes a drain or other watercourse.

(2) "Public road" means a road or highway that has not been discontinued and that has been established according to law, and includes each road or highway opened to and used by the public for at least 10 years before March 25, 1897.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.254.htm
Text hash: sha256 907a7797065a002685f0c3da766edd3c47dbfb3e0d0b5038eb6c2f57a5157911
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

Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.