{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-254.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 254.002","heading":"PETITION FOR DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION.","body":"(a) The commissioners court of a county may not order a drainage system to be constructed unless a petition is presented to the court as provided by this section.\n(b) To be valid, the petition must include:\n(1) the signatures of at least 100 registered voters of the county;\n(2) a statement of the necessity for and availability of the drainage system;\n(3) the number of miles of public roads, as accurately as possible;\n(4) the width and depth of the ditches to be built along the first-class roads;\n(5) the name and location of each natural waterway crossed by the county's first-class roads;\n(6) the distance of each waterway from another along the first-class roads; and\n(7) the names and residences, if known, of each owner of real property adjacent to or within one mile of each first-class road.\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#254.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"bfc53afb2b989b1e295b9e4c67278ea76fbb5e79a3f54d585f9967bc0b6ba3ad","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-254.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-254.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}