Tex. Transp. Code § 311.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL AUTHORITY
GENERAL AUTHORITY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A general-law municipality has exclusive control over the highways, streets, and alleys of the municipality.
(b) The municipality may:
(1) abate or remove an encroachment or obstruction on a highway, street, or alley;
(2) open, change, regulate, or improve a street; or
(3) put a drain or sewer in a street, prevent the obstruction of the drain or sewer, or protect the drain or sewer from encroachment or damage.
(c) To carry out its powers under this section, the municipality may:
(1) regulate or change the grade of land; and
(2) require that the grade of land be raised by filling an area.
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.311.htm
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- 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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