Sec. 7804.052. 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 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 or extraterritorial jurisdiction 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.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 194 (S.B. 1978), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2007.
Last modified: September 28, 2016