Tex. Transportation Code § 313.021
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 313.021, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 313.021. HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS AUTHORIZED.
Official statutory text
(a) A municipality may improve a highway within its limits.
(b) A municipality that has a population of more than 285,000 may make an improvement on a highway outside the municipality's limits if the improvement does not extend more than 150 feet from the municipal limits.
(b) A municipality that has a population of more than 285,000 may make an improvement on a highway outside the municipality's limits if the improvement does not extend more than 150 feet from the municipal limits.
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