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Texas Transportation Code - Section 251.052. Public Application For New Road Or Road Change

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§ 251.052. PUBLIC APPLICATION FOR NEW ROAD OR ROAD 
CHANGE.  (a) The residents of a precinct may apply for a new road or 
a change in an existing road by presenting to the commissioners 
court a petition signed by:
		(1)  eight property owners in the precinct, if the 
application is to request a new road or that a road be discontinued;  
or
		(2)  one property owner in the precinct, if the 
application is for a change in a road other than discontinuing the 
road.
	(b)  A petition presented under Subsection (a)(1) must 
specify the beginning and termination points of the proposed new 
road or road to be discontinued.
	(c)  The commissioners court may not grant an order on an 
application made under this section unless the applicants give 
notice of their intent to apply by posting, at the courthouse door 
and at two other places in the vicinity of the affected route, a 
written notice of their intent for at least 20 days before the date 
the application is made.

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

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