Tex. Transp. Code § 311.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL AUTHORITY
ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY OF TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may:
(1) prevent an encroachment or obstruction on a sidewalk in the municipality;
(2) abate an encroachment or obstruction on a bridge, culvert, sidewalk, or crossway in the municipality;
(3) construct, regulate, or maintain a bridge, culvert, sidewalk, or crossway in the municipality;
(4) regulate the construction of a bridge, culvert, sewer, sidewalk, or crossway in the municipality;
(5) require a person to keep weeds, unclean matter, or trash from the street, sidewalk, or gutter in front of the person's premises; or
(6) require the owner of land to improve the sidewalk in front of the person's land.
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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