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Tex. Transp. Code § 251.003 (2026)
Construction And Maintenance Of Public Roads
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Sec. 251.003. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ROADS. (a) The commissioners court of a county may:
(1) make and enforce all necessary rules and orders for the construction and maintenance of public roads;
(2) hire the labor and purchase the machinery and equipment needed to construct and maintain public roads; and
(3) use any necessary material most convenient to build, repair, or maintain public roads, regardless of the location or extent of the material.
(b) The court may enter any necessary order for the use of inmates of the county jails to work on the county roads or to build bridges.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2008–2021 · leading case: Laura Leticia Zepeda Vasquez, Individually & on Behalf of the Est. of Jose Abraham Vasquez,Jr. v. Legend Nat. Gas III, LP Legend Nat. Gas, LLC Lewis Energy Grp., LP & Lewis Petro Props., Inc (Tex. App. 2015).
Laura Leticia Zepeda Vasquez, Individually & on Behalf of the Est. of Jose Abraham Vasquez,Jr. v. Legend Nat. Gas III, LP Legend Nat. Gas, LLC Lewis Energy Grp., LP & Lewis Petro Props., Inc (Tex. App. 2015). “17 Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 251.003 ........”
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2016). “See TEX. TRANSP. CODE§ 251.003(a)(l). A public road is a "public road or highway that has been laid out and established according to law and that has not been discontinued.”
Chappell Hill Sausage Co. v. John Durrenberger, in His Off. Capacity as Washington Cnty. Judge Don Koester, Candice Bullock, Kirk Hanath, & Joy Fuchs, Each in His or Her Off. Capacity as a Washington Cnty. Comm'r Ross McCall in His Off. Capacity as Washington Cnty. Road & Bridge Dep't Eng'r & Mark Marzahn in His Off. Capacity as Washington Cnty. Floodplain Coordinator & Env't Health Dir. (Tex. App. 2021). “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 251.003 (construction and maintenance of public roads).”
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2013). “TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. §§ 251.003(a), 252.”
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2013). “" TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 251.003(a)(l) (West 1999).”
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2013). “TEX. TRANSP. CoDE ANN. § 251.003(a)(1}-(2) (West 1999).”
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2008). “See TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. §§ 251.003 (Vernon 1999) (commissioners court may build and maintain county roads), .”
— Tex. Transp. Code § 251.003(a) — 2 cases
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2013). “TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. §§ 251.003(a), 252.”
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2013). “TEX. TRANSP. CoDE ANN. § 251.003(a)(1}-(2) (West 1999).”
— Tex. Transp. Code § 251.003(a)(l) — 2 cases
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2016). “See TEX. TRANSP. CODE§ 251.003(a)(l). A public road is a "public road or highway that has been laid out and established according to law and that has not been discontinued.”
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2013). “" TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 251.003(a)(l) (West 1999).”
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