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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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TRANSPORTATION CODE |
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Title 6. ROADWAYS |
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Subtitle A. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION |
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Chapter 201. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATION |
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Subchapter C. COMMISSION'S POWERS AND DUTIES |
Sec. 201.103. COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS AND ROADS
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(a) The commission shall plan and make policies for the location, construction, and maintenance of a comprehensive system of state highways and public roads.
(b) The commission shall designate as part of the state highway system a highway that it determines is necessary for the proper development and operation of the system. The commission may remove a segment of the state highway system that it determines is not needed for the system. In planning and making policies, the commission shall consider, for incorporation into the state highway system, turnpikes that other governmental or private entities are authorized to construct.
(c) The commission biennially shall submit a report of its work to the governor and the legislature. The report must include the recommendations of the commission and of the director.
(d) The director, under the direction and with the approval of the commission, shall prepare a comprehensive plan providing a system of state highways.