Tex. Transportation Code § 254.001
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 254.001, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 254.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Ditch" includes a drain or other watercourse.
(2) "Public road" means a road or highway that has not been discontinued and that has been established according to law, and includes each road or highway opened to and used by the public for at least 10 years before March 25, 1897.
(1) "Ditch" includes a drain or other watercourse.
(2) "Public road" means a road or highway that has not been discontinued and that has been established according to law, and includes each road or highway opened to and used by the public for at least 10 years before March 25, 1897.
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