{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-224.031","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 224.031","heading":"DUTY OF DEPARTMENT.","body":"(a) The department has exclusive and direct control of all improvement of the state highway system.\n(b) The department shall prepare and pay for surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates for all construction and improvement of the state highway system.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE B. STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM","CHAPTER 224. ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE","SUBCHAPTER B. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.224.htm#224.031","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"851804c7b2911b5b1952203c5f6610f70a8f21c32cabde0e2b863958b9b8c506","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-224.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-224.032"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}