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Texas Transportation Code - TRANSP § 251.051. General Authority of Commissioners Court

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The commissioners court of a county shall:

(1) order that public roads be laid out, opened, discontinued, closed, abandoned, vacated, or altered;  and

(2) assume control of streets and alleys in a municipality that does not have an active de facto municipal government.

(b) A unanimous vote of the commissioners court is required to:

(1) close, abandon, or vacate a public road;  or

(2) alter a public road, except to shorten it from end to end.

(c) The commissioners court of a county may not discontinue a public road until a new road designated by the court as a replacement is ready to replace it.

(d) The commissioners court may not discontinue, close, or abandon an entire first-class or second-class road unless the road has been vacated or unused for at least three years.

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