{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-313.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 313.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Cost\" includes an expense of engineering and other expense incident to construction of an improvement.\n(2) \"Governing body\" means the governing body of a municipality.\n(3) \"Highway\" includes any part of a street, alley, public place, or square, including a part left wholly or partly unimproved in connection with another street improvement.\n(4) \"Improvement\" includes the following, liberally construed:\n(A) filling, grading, raising, paving, or repairing a highway in a permanent manner;\n(B) constructing, realigning, or repairing a curb, gutter, or sidewalk;\n(C) widening, narrowing, or straightening a highway; and\n(D) an appurtenance or incidental to an improvement, including a drain or culvert.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE E. MUNICIPAL STREETS","CHAPTER 313. STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.313.htm#313.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"966741a29d5a0fcb806ca6778543d84695f4ade6d7f1d5c7cfc0714f9fca6c5f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-312.067","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-313.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}