Tex. Transportation Code § 252.302: ORGANIZATION OF SYSTEM.

(a) The county road department is responsible for the construction and maintenance of county roads.

(b) The county road department includes:

(1) the commissioners court as the policy-making body;

(2) the county road engineer as the chief executive officer;

(3) other administrative personnel; and

(4) road employees.

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