{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-254.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 254.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Ditch\" includes a drain or other watercourse.\n(2) \"Public road\" means a road or highway that has not been discontinued and that has been established according to law, and includes each road or highway opened to and used by the public for at least 10 years before March 25, 1897.\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 254. DRAINAGE ON PUBLIC ROADS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.254.htm#254.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"e8ada8e37fe8e2a8c1a404d13aee605a45fba9545d476a290d1ec1a926070b69","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-253.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-254.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}