{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-203.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 203.003","heading":"JURISDICTION.","body":"(a) Subject to Section 203.021, the commission may lay out, construct, maintain, and operate a designated state highway, with control of access as necessary to facilitate the flow of traffic and promote the public safety and welfare, in any area of this state, whether in or outside a municipality, including a home-rule municipality.\n(b) Subject to Section 203.021, the department and the commission may exercise any power granted by this chapter in a county or municipality without the consent of the county or municipality.\n(c) The department's or the commission's exercise of a power under this chapter in a county or municipality removes the county's or municipality's exclusive jurisdiction over the specific public way affected by the exercise of power, to the extent the exercise of power affects the public way and its use.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE A. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 203. MODERNIZATION OF STATE HIGHWAYS; CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAYS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.203.htm#203.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"eb6dd0dc0fe5df4fea8b9b6809244d9674766923a38c1e63a9903d983ea6f5ab","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-203.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-203.021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}