{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-311.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 311.003","heading":"ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY OF TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.","body":"The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may:\n(1) prevent an encroachment or obstruction on a sidewalk in the municipality;\n(2) abate an encroachment or obstruction on a bridge, culvert, sidewalk, or crossway in the municipality;\n(3) construct, regulate, or maintain a bridge, culvert, sidewalk, or crossway in the municipality;\n(4) regulate the construction of a bridge, culvert, sewer, sidewalk, or crossway in the municipality;\n(5) require a person to keep weeds, unclean matter, or trash from the street, sidewalk, or gutter in front of the person's premises; or\n(6) require the owner of land to improve the sidewalk in front of the person's land.\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#311.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"a63050c300fd2ad8754c130a87284f41b773954a49fafd0eb240e8ae42e272e8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-311.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-311.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}