{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-311.071","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 311.071","heading":"AUTHORITY TO GRANT FRANCHISE.","body":"(a) The governing body of a home-rule municipality by ordinance may grant to a person a franchise to use or occupy a public street or alley of the municipality.\n(b) The authority to grant a franchise is the exclusive authority of the governing body.\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 D. FRANCHISE TO USE STREETS IN HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.311.htm#311.071","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"e2218015c431459b741c5433bfe3b1d76b96f7411789dc3e219b06b616c94b2a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-311.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-311.072"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}