Tex. Transp. Code § 363.004 · Chapter 363. COUNTY TOLL BRIDGES
SURETY BOND; ACTION ON BOND.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Before granting a license to a contractor to construct a toll bridge, the commissioners court shall require a bond in the amount of $1,000 with a good and sufficient surety. The bond shall be conditioned on:
(1) the construction of the bridge by the contractor; and
(2) the maintenance of the bridge by the contractor for the agreed term.
(b) A person who sustains damage because a contractor has not complied with the conditions of the bond may:
(1) sue the contractor on the bond; and
(2) recover any judgment for damages.
(c) A suit for damages under this section shall be brought in the county in which the license is granted.
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.363.htm
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- 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
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