Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE |
Title 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER |
Subtitle F. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS |
Chapter 8203. SOMERSET MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 |
Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES |
Sec. 8203.102. ROAD PROJECTS; LIMIT ON EMINENT DOMAIN POWER
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(a) The district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or improvements in aid of those roads.
(b) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located. If the district is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, a road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the district is located.
(c) The district may not undertake a road project unless each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located consents by resolution. If the district is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the district may not undertake a road project unless each county in which the district is located consents by resolution.
(d) The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district for a road project.