Sec. 8224.052. ROAD PROJECTS


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  • (a) Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may finance, construct, or acquire a road project as provided by this section.

    (b) The district shall employ or contract with a licensed engineer to certify whether a proposed road project meets the criteria for a thoroughfare, arterial, or collector road of:

    (1) a county in whose jurisdiction the proposed road project is located; or

    (2) a municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the proposed road project is located.

    (c) The district may finance, construct, or acquire a road that has been certified by the licensed engineer as a thoroughfare, arterial, or collector road, or any improvements in aid of the road.

    (d) A road project must meet all applicable standards, regulations, ordinances, or orders of:

    (1) each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located; and

    (2) each county in which the road project is located if the road project is not located in the corporate limits of a municipality.

    (e) The district may, with the consent of the municipality or county, convey a completed road project to:

    (1) a municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located; or

    (2) a county in which the road project is located.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1155 , Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.