{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-441.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 441.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Approval statement\" means a statement that a governmental entity issues to a petitioner under Section 441.015.\n(2) \"Bonds\" includes notes, warrants, or other evidence of indebtedness.\n(3) \"District\" means a road utility district.\n(4) \"Governmental entity\" means a municipality, a county, or the department.\n(5) \"Road\" means a graveled or paved road or turnpike that serves or is intended to serve as an arterial or main feeder road under standards the commission prescribes.\n(6) \"Road facility\" means:\n(A) a road constructed, acquired, or improved by a district; or\n(B) property, an easement, or works constructed, acquired, or improved by a district and necessary or appropriate for or in aid of the improvement of a river, creek, or stream to prevent overflow or the construction and maintenance of a pool, lake, reservoir, dam, canal, or waterway for the purpose of drainage, if the property, easement, or works is related to or in furtherance of the construction, acquisition, or improvement of a road.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE J. ROAD UTILITY DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 441. ROAD UTILITY DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.441.htm#441.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"a37bf2a98258c02111c99653735d11a18d53f0dc13c6c56d237f0535f2ad98eb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-431.186","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-441.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}