Tex. Transp. Code § 312.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter and in Subchapters B and C:
(1) "Highway" includes all or any part of a street, alley, or public place or square that is dedicated to public use.
(2) "Improvement" means the:
(A) filling, grading, raising, or paving of a highway in a permanent manner;
(B) widening, narrowing, or straightening of a highway;
(C) constructing of a gutter, curb, or sidewalk; or
(D) constructing of necessary appurtenances to a highway, including sewers and drains.
(3) "Railway" includes a street railway.
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.312.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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