Tex. Transp. Code § 472.012 · Subchapter B. DEPARTMENT AUTHORITY TO REMOVE PROPERTY FROM STATE HIGHWAYS
DEPARTMENT AUTHORITY GENERALLY.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department may remove personal property from the right-of-way or roadway of the state highway system if the department determines the property blocks the roadway or endangers public safety.
(b) The department may remove the personal property without the consent of the owner or carrier of the property.
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.472.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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