{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-317.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 317.003","heading":"AUTHORITY REGARDING FACILITIES.","body":"(a) To decrease hazards to life or property, promote public safety or convenience, improve traffic conditions, or encourage the orderly development of the municipality, a municipality may acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, extend, maintain, repair, or replace a facility.\n(b) Activities authorized by Subsection (a) include:\n(1) removing and relocating railroad tracks, a utility line or pipe, or another improvement;\n(2) removing or demolishing a building or another improvement;\n(3) paying for damage to other property in connection with an activity described by that subsection; or\n(4) improving a street in connection with an activity described by that subsection.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE E. MUNICIPAL STREETS","CHAPTER 317. ELIMINATION OF GRADE-LEVEL STREET CROSSINGS BY RAILROAD LINES IN MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 100,000","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.317.htm#317.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"0fa3d5e0a91ebc676a768cec52375e0d09e96dbc8a7f8a3e3a1f185b1997c087","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-317.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-317.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}