Road Projects

Sec. 7804.052. ROAD PROJECTS. (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 or extraterritorial jurisdiction 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. 194 (S.B. 1978), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2007. SUBCHAPTER C. BONDS