{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-571.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 571.003","heading":"USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.","body":"(a) The commissioners court or municipal authority may impose additional uses or restrictions on a street, alley, public highway, or other public ground necessary for the location, construction, or maintenance of a seawall, breakwater, levee, floodway, or drainway.\n(b) The commissioners court or municipal authority may authorize an additional use of the seawall, breakwater, levee, floodway, or drainway if that use will not impair the efficiency of the seawall, breakwater, levee, floodway, or drainway.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nRenumbered from Local Government Code, Section 421.003 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(c)(1), eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 13. WATER AND UTILITIES","SUBTITLE C. WATER PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 571. SEAWALLS AND LEVEES IN COASTAL MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES","SUBCHAPTER A. AUTHORITY OF COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY BORDERING GULF"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.571.htm#571.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"ee4178a47a1bc4e8c7de1d556160ec3822559352b6ed3174659ceef4efbf4ccc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-571.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-571.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}