{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-472.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 472.012","heading":"DEPARTMENT AUTHORITY GENERALLY.","body":"(a) The department may remove personal property from the right-of-way or roadway of the state highway system if the department determines the property blocks the roadway or endangers public safety.\n(b) The department may remove the personal property without the consent of the owner or carrier of the property.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE Z. MISCELLANEOUS ROADWAY PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 472. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER B. DEPARTMENT AUTHORITY TO REMOVE PROPERTY FROM STATE HIGHWAYS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.472.htm#472.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"aafa9448da864221861d68e05497ea51c38ce750cb422b25adf1db0bb1f62ae0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-472.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-472.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}