{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-311.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 311.001","heading":"GENERAL AUTHORITY OF HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.","body":"(a) A home-rule municipality has exclusive control over and under the public highways, streets, and alleys of the municipality.\n(b) The municipality may:\n(1) control, regulate, or remove an encroachment or obstruction on a public street or alley of the municipality;\n(2) open or change a public street or alley of the municipality; or\n(3) improve a public highway, street, or alley of the municipality.\n(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or (b) or Section 311.007, before a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more may install traffic calming measures within the municipality, the governing body of the municipality must:\n(1) publish standards and criteria, which must include sufficient notice to allow the governing body to receive and consider public comments from residents within one-half mile of the proposed traffic calming measure;\n(2) on request of affected residents, schedule and hold a public meeting before implementation of the measure; and\n(3) if the measure involves the closure of a street to motor vehicular traffic, before the closure:\n(A) hold a public hearing on the issue of the closure; and\n(B) approve the closure by a majority vote.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1321 (H.B. 3082), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE E. MUNICIPAL STREETS","CHAPTER 311. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO MUNICIPAL STREETS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL AUTHORITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.311.htm#311.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"22569e216c6a0a1e83d96a6a4ca5a3e05f93aa1050ab500f71c3d7dc90e449f0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-286.081","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-311.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}