Texas Transportation Code Title 6, Chapter 251 - General County Authority Relating To Roads And Bridges

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 251.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter as applied to a public road: (1) "Abandon" means to relinquish the public's right of way in and use of the road....
• Texas Section 251.002 - Public Roads
  A public road or highway that has been laid out and established according to law and that has not been discontinued is a public road....
• Texas Section 251.003 - Construction And Maintenance Of Public Roads
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may: (1) make and enforce all necessary rules and orders for the construction and maintenance of public roads;...
• Texas Section 251.004 - Commissioners As Road Supervisors
  (a) The county commissioners are the supervisors of the public roads in a county unless the county adopts an optional system of administering the county...
• Texas Section 251.005 - Commissioner's Road Report
  (a) A county commissioner serving as a road supervisor shall make a sworn annual report during the ninth month of the county fiscal year on...
• Texas Section 251.006 - Obtaining Material For Public Roads
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may condemn material necessary to construct, repair, or maintain public roads if the owner of the material rejects...
• Texas Section 251.007 - Classification Of County Roads
  (a) The commissioners court of each county shall classify each public road in the county as a first-class, second-class, or third-class road. (b) A county...
• Texas Section 251.008 - General Requirements For County Roads
  A public road of any class must: (1) be clear of all obstructions; (2) have all stumps over six inches in diameter cut down to...
• Texas Section 251.009 - Construction Of Cattle Guards On County Roads; Offense
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may authorize the construction of cattle guards on a county road of any class. A cattle guard authorized...
• Texas Section 251.0095 - Replacement And Repair Of Existing Cattle Guards On County Roads
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may authorize the replacement or repair of an existing cattle guard on a county road of any class....
• Texas Section 251.0096 - Removal Of Cattle Guards From County Roads
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may remove a cattle guard from a county road of any class if the commissioners court notifies each...
• Texas Section 251.010 - Gates On Third-class And Neighborhood Roads; Offenses
  (a) A person, including a neighborhood association, who owns or controls real property on which a third-class road or a neighborhood road established under Section...
• Texas Section 251.011 - Detour Roads
  (a) The commissioners court of a county shall establish detour roads for the convenience of the public when a county road that is not part...
• Texas Section 251.012 - County Authority In Municipality
  (a) With the approval of the governing body of a municipality, the commissioners court of a county may spend county money to finance the construction,...
• Texas Section 251.013 - Road Names And Address Numbers
  (a) The commissioners court of a county by order may adopt uniform standards for naming public roads located wholly or partly in unincorporated areas of...
• Texas Section 251.014 - County Improvement Of State Highway
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may enter into an agreement with the commission for the county to carry out a project or activity...
• Texas Section 251.015 - Assisting Other Governmental Entity
  The commissioners court of a county may use county road equipment, construction equipment, including trucks, and employees necessary to operate the equipment to assist another...
• Texas Section 251.016 - General County Authority Over Roads, Highways, And Bridges
  The commissioners court of a county may exercise general control over all roads, highways, and bridges in the county. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 251.0165 - Control Of Access Within Certain Counties
  (a) Except as limited by Section 203.032, a county with a population of 3.3 million or more or a county adjacent to a county with...
• Texas Section 251.017 - County Authority To Set Fee
  The commissioners court of a county may set a reasonable fee for the county's issuance of a permit authorized by this chapter for which a...
• Texas Section 251.018 - Road Reports
  A road condition report made by a county that is operating under a system of administering county roads under Chapter 252 or a special law,...

SUBCHAPTER B ESTABLISHING AND CLOSING ROADS

• Texas Section 251.019 - Donations
  (a) A commissioners court may accept donations of labor, money, or other property to aid in the building or maintaining of roads, culverts, or bridges...
• Texas Section 251.051 - General Authority Of Commissioners Court
  (a) The commissioners court of a county shall: (1) order that public roads be laid out, opened, discontinued, closed, abandoned, vacated, or altered; and (2)...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 251.053 - Neighborhood Roads
  (a) As provided by this section, a commissioners court may declare as a public road: (1) any line between the locations of any persons; (2)...
• Texas Section 251.055 - Extending Farm-to-market Road In Adjoining County
  A county that determines that it would significantly benefit from the extension of a farm-to-market road in an adjoining county may contract with the adjoining...
• Texas Section 251.056 - Roads Across Public Real Property
  (a) A public road may not be opened across real property owned and used or intended for use for public purposes by a state institution...
• Texas Section 251.057 - Abandonment Of County Road
  (a) A county road is abandoned when its use has become so infrequent that one or more adjoining property owners have enclosed the road with...
• Texas Section 251.058 - Closing, Abandoning, And Vacating Public Road
  (a) A property owner may not enjoin the entry or enforcement of an order of a commissioners court, acting at the request of any person...

SUBCHAPTER C COUNTY BRIDGES

• Texas Section 251.059 - Maintaining Established County Roads
  (a) When the commissioners court of a county has established a county road and (i) the laying out of the road has been established by...
• Texas Section 251.081 - General Authority To Erect And Maintain Bridges
  The commissioners court of a county may erect and maintain any necessary bridge in the county and make any necessary appropriation for that purpose. Acts...
• Texas Section 251.082 - Erection Of Joint County Bridges
  On equitable terms agreed to by the commissioners courts of the counties, two or more counties jointly may erect a bridge over a stream that...

SUBCHAPTER D ACQUISITION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR COUNTY ROADS

• Texas Section 251.083 - Erecting And Maintaining Bridge In Municipality
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may erect a bridge in a municipality in the manner authorized by law for the erection of a...
• Texas Section 251.101 - Condemnation For County Road In Municipality
  (a) A county may exercise the power of eminent domain in a municipality with the prior consent of the governing body of the municipality to...
• Texas Section 251.102 - Cost Of Relocating Or Adjusting Utility Facility
  A county shall include the cost of relocating or adjusting an eligible utility facility in the expense of right-of-way acquisition. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch....

SUBCHAPTER E COUNTY TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

• Texas Section 251.103 - Relocating Water Line
  A county may pay for relocating a water line owned by a water control and improvement district if: (1) the relocation is necessary to complete...
• Texas Section 251.151 - Authority Of Commissioners Court To Regulate Certain Roads
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may regulate traffic on a county road or on real property owned by the county that is under...
• Texas Section 251.152 - Public Hearing Required
  (a) Except as provided by Section 251.159, before the commissioners court may issue a traffic regulation under this subchapter, the commissioners court must hold a...
• Texas Section 251.153 - Load Limits On County Roads And Bridges
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may establish load limits for any county road or bridge in the manner prescribed by Section 621.301. (b)...
• Texas Section 251.154 - Maximum Reasonable And Prudent Speeds On County Roads
  (a) The commissioners court of a county, by order entered on the minutes of the court, may determine and set a maximum reasonable and prudent...
• Texas Section 251.155 - Restricted Traffic Zones
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may adopt regulations establishing a system of traffic control devices in restricted traffic zones on: (1) property described...
• Texas Section 251.156 - Parking Restrictions
  (a) The commissioners court of a county by order may have signs installed that prohibit or restrict the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle...
• Texas Section 251.157 - Prohibiting Or Restricting Use Of Road
  (a) In this section, "road supervisor" means a person authorized to supervise roads in a county or in a district or precinct of a county....
• Texas Section 251.1575 - Prohibiting Use Of Road For Certain Vehicles
  (a) A commissioners court may identify an alternate route to a road and require heavy vehicles having a gross weight of more than 60,000 pounds...
• Texas Section 251.158 - Temporary Use Of County Road For Festival Or Civic Event
  (a) The commissioners court of a county by order may permit the temporary use of a county road located in an unincorporated area of the...
• Texas Section 251.159 - Delegation Of Commissioners' Authority
  (a) This section applies only to a county with a population of more than 78,000. (b) The commissioners court of a county may delegate to...
• Texas Section 251.160 - Liability Of Owner Or Operator For Road Damage
  (a) A person who operates or moves a vehicle or other object on a public road or bridge and the owner of the vehicle or...
• Texas Section 251.161 - Violations Of Subchapter; Offense
  (a) A person commits a misdemeanor offense if the person: (1) stops, stands, or parks a vehicle in violation of a restriction stated on a...

Last modified: September 28, 2016