{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-253.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 253.012","heading":"ROADS IN MUNICIPALITIES.","body":"(a) If a road in a subdivision or an access road to a subdivision is located in a municipality, the county may improve the road only if the governing body of the municipality and the commissioners court:\n(1) agree that the county may improve the road; and\n(2) in the agreement indicate whether the improved road will become a county road or a municipal road.\n(b) Before a county may improve a road located in a municipality under this section:\n(1) the county must meet the other requirements of this subchapter; and\n(2) the commissioners court of the county must find that the improvement of the road serves a county purpose.\n(c) Section 253.011 does not apply to a road improved under this section.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1245 (H.B. 2591), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2007.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE C. COUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES","CHAPTER 253. COUNTY IMPROVEMENT OF SUBDIVISION ROADS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.253.htm#253.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"7edb291bb15b3f16acfd61fdf67387832014840c947b31ff73d1358aa7ae7034","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-253.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-254.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}