{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-251.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 251.051","heading":"GENERAL AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONERS COURT.","body":"(a) The commissioners court of a county shall:\n(1) order that public roads be laid out, opened, discontinued, closed, abandoned, vacated, or altered; and\n(2) assume control of streets and alleys in a municipality that does not have an active de facto municipal government.\n(b) A unanimous vote of the commissioners court is required to:\n(1) close, abandon, or vacate a public road; or\n(2) alter a public road, except to shorten it from end to end.\n(c) The commissioners court of a county may not discontinue a public road until a new road designated by the court as a replacement is ready to replace it.\n(d) The commissioners court may not discontinue, close, or abandon an entire first-class or second-class road unless the road has been vacated or unused for at least three years.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE C. COUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES","CHAPTER 251. GENERAL COUNTY AUTHORITY RELATING TO ROADS AND BRIDGES","SUBCHAPTER B. ESTABLISHING AND CLOSING ROADS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.251.htm#251.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"c7dfed8d164833e1dd8c948e62052fbdd5ed7e2e686680ac931aadd5bf6c5482","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-251.019","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-251.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}