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Texas Transportation Code - Section 203.002. Modern State Highway System

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§ 203.002. MODERN STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.  (a) To promote 
public safety, facilitate the movement of traffic, preserve the 
public's financial investment in highways, promote the national 
defense, and accomplish the purposes of this chapter, the 
commission may:
		(1)  lay out, construct, maintain, and operate a modern 
state highway system, with emphasis on the construction of 
controlled access highways;
		(2)  plan for future highways;  and                                           
		(3)  convert where necessary an existing street, road, 
or highway into a controlled access highway in accordance with 
modern standards of speed and safety.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.                    

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