Texas Transportation Code Title 6, Chapter 311 - General Provisions Relating To Municipal Streets
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL AUTHORITY
- Texas Section 311.001 - General Authority Of Home-rule Municipality
(a) A home-rule municipality has exclusive control over and under the public highways, streets, and alleys of the municipality. (b) The municipality may: (1) control,...
- Texas Section 311.002 - General Authority Of General-law Municipality
(a) A general-law municipality has exclusive control over the highways, streets, and alleys of the municipality. (b) The municipality may: (1) abate or remove an...
- Texas Section 311.003 - Additional Authority Of Type A General-law Municipality
The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may: (1) prevent an encroachment or obstruction on a sidewalk in the municipality; (2) abate an...
- Texas Section 311.004 - Authority Over Sidewalk In Home-rule Municipality
A home-rule municipality may: (1) construct a sidewalk; (2) provide for the improvement of a sidewalk or the construction of a curb under an ordinance...
- Texas Section 311.005 - Movement Of Structure On Street In Home-rule Municipality
A home-rule municipality may regulate the movement of a structure over or on a street of the municipality. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec....
- Texas Section 311.006 - Authority Of County To Improve Street In Type B General-law Municipality
To facilitate travel on a street in a Type B general-law municipality, the commissioners court of a county may construct a bridge for or otherwise...
- Texas Section 311.007 - Closing Of Street Or Alley By Home-rule Municipality
A home-rule municipality may vacate, abandon, or close a street or alley. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
SUBCHAPTER B MUNICIPAL FREEWAYS
- Texas Section 311.008 - Closing Of Street Or Alley By General-law Municipality
The governing body of a general-law municipality by ordinance may vacate, abandon, or close a street or alley of the municipality if a petition signed...
- Texas Section 311.031 - Definition
In this subchapter, "freeway" means a municipal street for which the right of access to or from adjoining land has been acquired in whole or...
- Texas Section 311.032 - Establishment Of Freeway
(a) The governing body of a municipality may establish, maintain, and operate a freeway. (b) To establish a freeway by using a street that exists...
- Texas Section 311.033 - Acquisition Of Land
For the purposes of this subchapter, the governing body may acquire necessary property or property rights by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation in the same...
- Texas Section 311.034 - Control Of Intersecting Street
The governing body of a municipality may: (1) close a street in the municipality at or near the place the street intersects a freeway; (2)...
SUBCHAPTER C AUTHORITY RELATING TO RAIL TRANSPORTATION
- Texas Section 311.035 - Lease Of Land Under Freeway
(a) A governmental agency that holds the title and property rights to land on which a freeway is located may lease for parking purposes the...
- Texas Section 311.051 - Regulation Of Street Railway By Type A General-law Municipality
(a) The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may: (1) require a street railway company to: (A) keep the company's roads in repair;...
- Texas Section 311.052 - Regulation Of Railroad By Type A General-law Municipality
The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may: (1) direct and control the location and construction of railroad tracks, turnouts, and switches and...
- Texas Section 311.053 - Closing Street For Certain Purposes In General-law Or Special-law Municipality
The governing body of a general-law municipality or special-law municipality may close temporarily or permanently any part of a street or alley for the exclusive...
SUBCHAPTER D FRANCHISE TO USE STREETS IN HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY
- Texas Section 311.054 - Railroad Quiet Zone Located Outside Type A General-law Municipality
(a) This section applies only to a Type A general-law municipality that is an enclave surrounded entirely by a municipality with a population of 1.1...
- Texas Section 311.071 - Authority To Grant Franchise
(a) The governing body of a home-rule municipality by ordinance may grant to a person a franchise to use or occupy a public street or...
- Texas Section 311.072 - Prohibition Of Grant By Charter
The charter of the municipality may not grant to a person a franchise described by Section 311.071. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1,...
- Texas Section 311.073 - Election After Petition
(a) The governing body shall submit to the voters of the municipality the question of granting a franchise to a person if, before the effective...
- Texas Section 311.074 - Election Date
After receipt of a petition under Section 311.073, the election shall be held on the first uniform election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code,...
- Texas Section 311.075 - Election Notice
(a) Notice of the election must be published in a daily newspaper in the municipality for at least 20 successive days before the date of...
- Texas Section 311.076 - Ballot Proposition
The ballot at the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "Granting of a franchise (brief description of the...
- Texas Section 311.077 - Effective Date Of Franchise
If a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the proposition: (1) the governing body shall declare that result on canvassing the election...
SUBCHAPTER E FINANCING IMPROVEMENTS
- Texas Section 311.078 - Duration Of Franchise
A franchise under this subchapter may not extend beyond the period set for its termination. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
- Texas Section 311.091 - Assessment For Street Improvement In Home-rule Municipality
(a) A home-rule municipality may assess a landowner for the cost of improving a public highway, street, or alley abutting the owner's land, if the...
- Texas Section 311.092 - Assessment For Opening, Extending, Or Widening Of Street Or Alley In Home-rule Municipality
(a) A home-rule municipality may: (1) acquire land necessary for opening, extending, or widening a public street or alley by the exercise of the right...
- Texas Section 311.093 - Assessment For Sidewalk In Home-rule Municipality
(a) A home-rule municipality may assess a landowner for the entire cost of constructing a sidewalk, including a curb, abutting the owner's land. (b) The...
- Texas Section 311.094 - Other Financing Methods In Charter Of Home-rule Municipality
(a) A home-rule municipality by charter may adopt any other method of financing an improvement described by Section 311.091, 311.092, or 311.093. (b) Another method...
- Texas Section 311.095 - Assessment For Street Improvement In Type A General-law Municipality
(a) The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality, by a two-thirds vote of the aldermen present, may improve a street or alley under...
SUBCHAPTER Z MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 311.096 - Cost Of Sidewalk In Type A General-law Municipality
(a) The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may require the owner of a lot, or part of a lot or block, in...
- Texas Section 311.901 - Regulation Of Animals On Street Of Type A General-law Municipality
The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may: (1) prohibit or suppress horse racing on a street or immoderate riding or driving of...
- Texas Section 311.902 - Street Lighting In Type A General-law Municipality
The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may: (1) provide for and regulate the lighting of a street; (2) create or change lamp...
- Texas Section 311.903 - Street Work Required Of Inhabitant In Type B General-law Municipality
(a) The governing body of a Type B general-law municipality may require the male inhabitants of the municipality who are at least 18 years of...
- Texas Section 311.904 - Former President's Street In Home-rule Municipality
A home-rule municipality, alone or in conjunction with another person, may regulate or restrict access to a street or alley in the municipality on which...
Last modified: September 28, 2016