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Texas Transportation Code § 311.003

Additional Authority of Type a General-Law Municipality

General Provisions Relating to Municipal Streets · General Authority

The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may:

(1) prevent an encroachment or obstruction on a sidewalk in the municipality;

(2) abate an encroachment or obstruction on a bridge, culvert, sidewalk, or crossway in the municipality;

(3) construct, regulate, or maintain a bridge, culvert, sidewalk, or crossway in the municipality;

(4) regulate the construction of a bridge, culvert, sewer, sidewalk, or crossway in the municipality;

(5) require a person to keep weeds, unclean matter, or trash from the street, sidewalk, or gutter in front of the person's premises; or

(6) require the owner of land to improve the sidewalk in front of the person's land.

Official text of the Texas Transportation Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.