§ 8241.103 — ROAD PROJECTS.

Texas § 8241.103

• Jurisdiction: Texas
• Code SD: Special District Local Laws Code

Text

Sec. 8241.103. ROAD PROJECTS. (a) Under Section 52 , Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may finance, construct, or acquire a road project as provided by this section.
(b) The district shall employ or contract with a licensed engineer to certify whether a proposed road project meets the criteria for a thoroughfare, arterial, or collector road of:
(1) a county in whose jurisdiction the proposed road project is located; or
(2) a municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the proposed road project is located.
(c) The district may finance, construct, or acquire a road that has been certified by the licensed engineer as a thoroughfare, arterial, or collector road, or any improvements in aid of the certified road.
(d) A road project must meet all applicable standards, regulations, ordinances, or orders of:
(1) each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located; and
(2) each county in which the road project is located if the road project is not located in the corporate limits of a municipality.
(e) The district may, with the consent of the municipality or county, convey a completed road project to:
(1) a municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located; or
(2) a county in which the road project is located.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 948 (H.B. 3998 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.