Tex. Transportation Code § 253.012

This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 253.012, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.

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§ 253.012. ROADS IN MUNICIPALITIES.

Official statutory text

(a) If a road in a subdivision or an access road to a subdivision is located in a municipality, the county may improve the road only if the governing body of the municipality and the commissioners court:

(1) agree that the county may improve the road; and

(2) in the agreement indicate whether the improved road will become a county road or a municipal road.

(b) Before a county may improve a road located in a municipality under this section:

(1) the county must meet the other requirements of this subchapter; and

(2) the commissioners court of the county must find that the improvement of the road serves a county purpose.

(c) Section 253.011 does not apply to a road improved under this section.

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