General Authority of General-Law Municipality

Sec. 311.002. GENERAL AUTHORITY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. (a) A general-law municipality has exclusive control over the highways, streets, and alleys of the municipality. (b) The municipality may: (1) abate or remove an encroachment or obstruction on a highway, street, or alley; (2) open, change, regulate, or improve a street; or (3) put a drain or sewer in a street, prevent the obstruction of the drain or sewer, or protect the drain or sewer from encroachment or damage. (c) To carry out its powers under this section, the municipality may: (1) regulate or change the grade of land; and (2) require that the grade of land be raised by filling an area. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.