{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-311.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 311.002","heading":"GENERAL AUTHORITY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.","body":"(a) A general-law municipality has exclusive control over the highways, streets, and alleys of the municipality.\n(b) The municipality may:\n(1) abate or remove an encroachment or obstruction on a highway, street, or alley;\n(2) open, change, regulate, or improve a street; or\n(3) put a drain or sewer in a street, prevent the obstruction of the drain or sewer, or protect the drain or sewer from encroachment or damage.\n(c) To carry out its powers under this section, the municipality may:\n(1) regulate or change the grade of land; and\n(2) require that the grade of land be raised by filling an area.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","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#311.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"3326f58054a8f87f4ece671e744eee827b856d629108095836efbd0a91ba8076","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-311.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-311.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}