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TRANSPORTATION CODE
TITLE 6. ROADWAYS
SUBTITLE B. STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
CHAPTER 221. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 221.001. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle:
(1) "Highway" includes a tolled or nontolled public road or part
of a tolled or nontolled public road and a bridge, culvert,
building, or other necessary structure related to a public road.
(2) "Improvement" includes construction, reconstruction,
maintenance, and the making of a necessary plan or survey before
beginning construction, reconstruction, or maintenance.
(3) "State highway system" means the highways in this state
included in the plan providing for a system of state highways
prepared by the director under Section 201.103.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.
281, Sec. 2.15, eff. June 14, 2005.
Sec. 221.002. AGREEMENTS WITH MUNICIPALITIES. The commission
and the governing body of a municipality, including a home-rule
municipality, may agree to:
(1) provide for the location, relocation, improvement, control,
supervision, and regulation of a designated state highway in the
municipality; and
(2) establish the respective liabilities and responsibilities of
the commission and the municipality under the agreement.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Sec. 221.003. IMPROVEMENT OF STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. (a)
Improvement of the state highway system with federal aid shall be
made under the exclusive and direct control of the department and
with appropriations made by the legislature out of the state
highway fund.
(b) The department may improve the state highway system without
federal aid either with or without county aid. Improvements made
without federal aid must comply with Section 223.045.
(c) The department shall make or prepare any survey, plan,
specifications, or estimate for an improvement of the state
highway system if any part of the improvement will be made with
federal aid.
(d) The commissioners court of a county may not directly control
the making of an improvement of the state highway system unless
the plan and specifications for the improvement have been
approved by the director.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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Statutes > Texas > Transportation-code > Title-6-roadways > Chapter-221-general-provisions
TRANSPORTATION CODE
TITLE 6. ROADWAYS
SUBTITLE B. STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
CHAPTER 221. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 221.001. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle:
(1) "Highway" includes a tolled or nontolled public road or part
of a tolled or nontolled public road and a bridge, culvert,
building, or other necessary structure related to a public road.
(2) "Improvement" includes construction, reconstruction,
maintenance, and the making of a necessary plan or survey before
beginning construction, reconstruction, or maintenance.
(3) "State highway system" means the highways in this state
included in the plan providing for a system of state highways
prepared by the director under Section 201.103.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.
281, Sec. 2.15, eff. June 14, 2005.
Sec. 221.002. AGREEMENTS WITH MUNICIPALITIES. The commission
and the governing body of a municipality, including a home-rule
municipality, may agree to:
(1) provide for the location, relocation, improvement, control,
supervision, and regulation of a designated state highway in the
municipality; and
(2) establish the respective liabilities and responsibilities of
the commission and the municipality under the agreement.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Sec. 221.003. IMPROVEMENT OF STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. (a)
Improvement of the state highway system with federal aid shall be
made under the exclusive and direct control of the department and
with appropriations made by the legislature out of the state
highway fund.
(b) The department may improve the state highway system without
federal aid either with or without county aid. Improvements made
without federal aid must comply with Section 223.045.
(c) The department shall make or prepare any survey, plan,
specifications, or estimate for an improvement of the state
highway system if any part of the improvement will be made with
federal aid.
(d) The commissioners court of a county may not directly control
the making of an improvement of the state highway system unless
the plan and specifications for the improvement have been
approved by the director.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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Chapter-221-general-provisions TRANSPORTATION CODE
TITLE 6. ROADWAYS
SUBTITLE B. STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
CHAPTER 221. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 221.001. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle:
(1) "Highway" includes a tolled or nontolled public road or part
of a tolled or nontolled public road and a bridge, culvert,
building, or other necessary structure related to a public road.
(2) "Improvement" includes construction, reconstruction,
maintenance, and the making of a necessary plan or survey before
beginning construction, reconstruction, or maintenance.
(3) "State highway system" means the highways in this state
included in the plan providing for a system of state highways
prepared by the director under Section 201.103.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.
281, Sec. 2.15, eff. June 14, 2005.
Sec. 221.002. AGREEMENTS WITH MUNICIPALITIES. The commission
and the governing body of a municipality, including a home-rule
municipality, may agree to:
(1) provide for the location, relocation, improvement, control,
supervision, and regulation of a designated state highway in the
municipality; and
(2) establish the respective liabilities and responsibilities of
the commission and the municipality under the agreement.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Sec. 221.003. IMPROVEMENT OF STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. (a)
Improvement of the state highway system with federal aid shall be
made under the exclusive and direct control of the department and
with appropriations made by the legislature out of the state
highway fund.
(b) The department may improve the state highway system without
federal aid either with or without county aid. Improvements made
without federal aid must comply with Section 223.045.
(c) The department shall make or prepare any survey, plan,
specifications, or estimate for an improvement of the state
highway system if any part of the improvement will be made with
federal aid.
(d) The commissioners court of a county may not directly control
the making of an improvement of the state highway system unless
the plan and specifications for the improvement have been
approved by the director.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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