Tex. Util. Code § 251.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
APPLICATION TO CERTAIN CONTRACTORS AND STATE EMPLOYEES.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This chapter does not apply to a contractor working in the public right-of-way under a contract with the Texas Department of Transportation.
(b) Excavation by an employee of the Texas Department of Transportation on a segment of the state highway system is not subject to this chapter if the excavation is more than 10 feet from the right-of-way line.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.17(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 17.004(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.251.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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