Tex. Transportation Code § 453.002
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 453.002, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 453.002. EXCLUDED MUNICIPALITIES.
Official statutory text
(a) This chapter does not apply to a municipality any part of which is located in:
(1) a county that contains territory within the corporate limits of a principal municipality that is a part of an authority operating under Chapter 451 or 452; or
(2) a federal metropolitan statistical area or primary metropolitan statistical area that contains a principal municipality that is a part of an authority operating under Chapter 451 or 452.
(b) For the purpose of this section "principal municipality" has the meaning assigned by Section 451.001 or 452.001.
(1) a county that contains territory within the corporate limits of a principal municipality that is a part of an authority operating under Chapter 451 or 452; or
(2) a federal metropolitan statistical area or primary metropolitan statistical area that contains a principal municipality that is a part of an authority operating under Chapter 451 or 452.
(b) For the purpose of this section "principal municipality" has the meaning assigned by Section 451.001 or 452.001.
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