{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-254.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 254.007","heading":"PRIVATE DITCHES.","body":"An owner of real property abutting a road or ditch or the owner of a tract of property that is located wholly or partly within one mile of a road or ditch may construct at the owner's cost lateral drainage ditches and may connect those ditches with a main ditch constructed under this chapter.\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#254.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"200afbf3514cb064c6cd46600c20c0679369466d67ebcd0bfb25dfa7d28cec01","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-254.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-254.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}