Definitions

Sec. 313.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Cost" includes an expense of engineering and other expense incident to construction of an improvement. (2) "Governing body" means the governing body of a municipality. (3) "Highway" includes any part of a street, alley, public place, or square, including a part left wholly or partly unimproved in connection with another street improvement. (4) "Improvement" includes the following, liberally construed: (A) filling, grading, raising, paving, or repairing a highway in a permanent manner; (B) constructing, realigning, or repairing a curb, gutter, or sidewalk; (C) widening, narrowing, or straightening a highway; and (D) an appurtenance or incidental to an improvement, including a drain or culvert. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.