Texas Transportation Code Title 6, Chapter 254 - Drainage On Public Roads

• Texas Section 254.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Ditch" includes a drain or other watercourse. (2) "Public road" means a road or highway that has not been discontinued and...
• Texas Section 254.002 - Petition For Drainage Construction
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may not order a drainage system to be constructed unless a petition is presented to the court as...
• Texas Section 254.003 - Notice Of Hearing On Establishing Drainage System
  (a) After a petition is filed under Section 254.002, the county clerk shall issue notice of the petition not later than the 20th day before...
• Texas Section 254.004 - Hearing And Determination On Establishing Drainage System
  (a) At the hearing on the petition, the commissioners court shall: (1) consider the petition and hear all testimony for or against its provisions; and...
• Texas Section 254.005 - Authority To Provide Drainage
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may order the construction or maintenance of ditches as provided by this chapter at any regular session of...
• Texas Section 254.006 - Restrictions On Drainage Authority
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may not construct a ditch without an outlet to a natural waterway large enough to carry off all...
• Texas Section 254.007 - Private Ditches
  An owner of real property abutting a road or ditch or the owner of a tract of property that is located wholly or partly within...
• Texas Section 254.008 - Regulation Of Private Ditches In Counties Of 100,000 Or Less
  (a) In a county with a population of 100,000 or less, the commissioners court by order may: (1) remove the blockage of a ditch on...
• Texas Section 254.009 - Drainage System Survey
  (a) After approval of a petition under Section 254.004, the commissioners court shall hire a surveyor to conduct a survey under this section for an...
• Texas Section 254.010 - Appointment Of Jury Of View
  (a) At any regular or called session of the commissioners court after the filing of the surveyor's report, the court shall appoint five real property...
• Texas Section 254.011 - Oath Of Jury
  Members of the jury of view must take the following oath before assuming their duties: "I do solemnly swear that I am not directly interested...
• Texas Section 254.012 - Notice To Property Owners Of Jury Proceedings
  (a) Not later than the fifth day before the date of the meeting to determine costs of ditch construction, the jury of view shall issue...
• Texas Section 254.013 - Claims By Property Owners
  (a) A person whose real property may be affected by the ditch may appear before the jury of view and express the person's opinion on...
• Texas Section 254.014 - Determination Of Damages And Assessments; Action Of Commissioners Court
  (a) After giving the required notice and conducting a meeting at which all interested persons have been heard, the jury of view shall: (1) consider...
• Texas Section 254.015 - Appeals By Property Owners
  (a) A person aggrieved by an assessment may appeal from the final order of the commissioners court approving the report of the jury of view...
• Texas Section 254.016 - Procedures Governing Property Owner Appeal
  (a) In an appeal of an assessment under Section 254.015, the appellant has the burden of proof. (b) The court that tries the appeal shall...
• Texas Section 254.017 - Certification And Collection Of Assessments; Liens
  (a) At the same term at which the commissioners court enters its order for the construction of the ditches and adjoining roadway or at any...
• Texas Section 254.018 - Appropriation For Ditch Construction
  Following its approval of the report of the jury of view, the commissioners court may order that a portion of the road and bridge fund...
• Texas Section 254.019 - Carrying Out Construction Of Ditches
  (a) The commissioners court shall order the person in charge of the road adjoining the proposed ditch to construct the ditch in the manner prescribed,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016