Title TN, Transportation Code

Sec. 256.054. ADDITIONAL COUNTY TAXES FOR COUNTY ROADS AND FLOOD CONTROL; BONDS. (a) A county may impose ad valorem taxes as provided by Section 1-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, for the construction and maintenance of farm-to-market and lateral roads or for flood control, n…

Sec. 256.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Fund" means the transportation infrastructure fund established under this subchapter. (2) "Transportation infrastructure project" means the planning for, construction of, reconstruction of, or maintenance of transportation infra…

Sec. 256.102. TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. (a) The transportation infrastructure fund is a dedicated fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue fund. The fund consists of: (1) any federal funds received by the state deposited to the credit of the fund; (2) matc…

Sec. 256.103. GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The department shall develop policies and procedures to administer a grant program under this subchapter to make grants to counties only for transportation infrastructure projects located in areas of the state affected by increased oil and gas pro…

Sec. 256.104. GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS. (a) In applying for a grant under this subchapter, the county shall submit to the department a plan that: (1) provides a list of transportation infrastructure projects to be funded by the grant; (2) describes the scope of the transportatio…

Sec. 256.105. MATCHING FUNDS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), to be eligible to receive a grant under the program, matching funds must be provided, from any source, in an amount equal to at least 20 percent of the amount of the grant. (b) A county that the department de…

Sec. 256.106. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. (a) A county that makes a second or subsequent application for a grant from the department under this subchapter must: (1) certify that all previous grants are being spent in accordance with the plan submitted under Section 256.104; and (2) p…

Sec. 256.107. COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIRED FOR CONTRACTS FUNDED BY GRANTS. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a county that enters into a contract for a transportation infrastructure project that involves construction or maintenance of roads and is funded by a grant under t…

Sec. 256.108. PERIOD FOR SPENDING GRANT. A grant awarded under this subchapter must be spent not later than the fifth anniversary of the date of the award. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1322 (H.B. 4280), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.

Sec. 257.001. ROAD DISTRICT OR PRECINCT OPERATING UNDER ROAD BOND LAW DESIGNATED BODY CORPORATE; POWER TO SUE AND BE SUED. (a) A county commissioners precinct or justice precinct operating under Chapter 1471, Government Code, or a road district is a body corporate and may sue or …

Sec. 257.002. CONTRACTS OF ROAD DISTRICT OR PRECINCT OPERATING UNDER ROAD BOND LAW. (a) A county commissioner is the ex officio road superintendent with power to enter into a contract in an amount that is not more than $50 on behalf of: (1) a road district located in the commissi…

Sec. 257.003. ACQUISITION OF ROADS. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a road district established pursuant to Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, may agree to: (1) reimburse a private person for money spent to construct a road or improvement that has been or will be dedicat…

Sec. 257.004. ROAD DISTRICT SIGNS. (a) A road district to which this chapter applies shall post signs indicating the existence of the district at two or more principal entrances to the district so that they are readable by traffic entering the district. The signs must be posted n…

Sec. 257.005. NOTICE TO PURCHASERS OF REAL PROPERTY IN ROAD DISTRICT. (a) Before the final closing of a sale of real property located in a road district, the seller shall furnish to the buyer of the real property a written notice, executed and acknowledged by the seller, that: (1…

Sec. 257.006. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO COUNTY OPERATING UNDER SPECIAL ROAD TAX LAW. A county operating under a special road tax law may take any action authorized by this chapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. SUBCHAPTER B. ROAD DISTRICT …

Sec. 257.021. ESTABLISHMENT OF ROAD DISTRICTS. (a) The commissioners court of a county by order may establish one or more road districts in the county as provided by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution. The order must define the boundaries of the road district. A road dis…

Sec. 257.022. ABOLITION OF ROAD DISTRICT. (a) The commissioners court by order may abolish a road district after a public hearing on the matter if: (1) the road district has no outstanding public securities, as that term is defined by Section 1201.002, Government Code; or (2) all…

Sec. 257.023. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY OF EXISTING DISTRICTS FROM ROAD DISTRICT. (a) A county commissioners court may exclude from a proposed road district any territory that is part of or adjacent to an existing road district that includes all or part of a levee improvemen…

Sec. 257.024. EXCLUDING REAL PROPERTY FROM ROAD DISTRICT. (a) Before the commissioners court orders an election to authorize bonds for a road district, the commissioners court, on its own motion or on receipt of a written petition from a property owner seeking to exclude the prop…

Sec. 257.025. ADDING REAL PROPERTY TO ROAD DISTRICT BY PROPERTY OWNER PETITION. (a) One or more persons may file a petition with the commissioners court of a county requesting that real property owned by the person or persons be annexed to a road district. The petition must descr…

Sec. 257.026. ADDING TERRITORY TO ROAD DISTRICT BY PETITION OR ON COMMISSIONERS COURT MOTION. (a) The commissioners court of a county on its own motion may hold a hearing on the question of annexing a defined area to a road district and shall hold a hearing on the question on rec…

Sec. 257.101. ROAD DISTRICT AUTHORIZED; NATURE OF DISTRICT. (a) The qualified voters of two or more adjoining counties or portions of adjoining counties in the manner provided by this subchapter may combine those counties or portions of counties to establish a defined road distri…

Sec. 257.102. PETITION TO ESTABLISH ROAD DISTRICT. (a) A petition to establish a road district under this subchapter must be signed by at least 50 registered voters or a majority of the registered voters, whichever is less, in each county or in each portion of a county of which l…

Sec. 257.103. CHANGE IN ROADS DESIGNATED IN PETITION. The commissioners court of a county may change a road designated in the petition calling for the establishment of a road district under this subchapter if at the hearing on the petition the court finds that the change: (1) is …

Sec. 257.104. NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION. (a) On presentation of a petition under Section 257.102, the commissioners court of each county shall order the time for the petition to be heard on a date not less than 15 or more than 30 days after the date of the order. The hearing …

Sec. 257.105. HEARING ON PETITION. (a) At the time and place set for the hearing of a petition presented under Section 257.102, or on a subsequent date set at that time, the commissioners court of each county in the proposed road district shall hear the petition and all matters r…

Sec. 257.106. ORDER OF ELECTION TO ESTABLISH DISTRICT. (a) The commissioners court of each county included in whole or part in a proposed road district may issue and record in its minutes an order directing that an election be held within the county or the defined portion of the …

Sec. 257.107. ELECTION TO ESTABLISH DISTRICT. (a) Notice of an election to establish a road district under this subchapter shall be given in the same manner and for the same time required for notices of the hearing on the petition to establish the district. (b) The conduct of the…

Sec. 257.108. EX OFFICIO DISTRICT DIRECTORS. (a) The following are ex officio directors of a road district established under this subchapter: (1) for a county that is wholly included in the district, the county judge and each county commissioner; and (2) for a county only part of…

Sec. 257.109. MEETINGS OF COMMISSIONERS OR DIRECTORS. A joint meeting of the commissioners courts or ex officio directors of a road district established under this subchapter may be adjourned from day to day or time to time as the courts consider necessary and advisable. Acts 199…

Sec. 257.110. DISTRICT TREASURER OR DEPOSITORY. (a) At a joint meeting held for that purpose in the county having the greatest population, the commissioners of the counties included in whole or part in a road district established under this subchapter shall select a treasurer or …

Sec. 257.111. PURCHASE OF IMPROVED ROADS. (a) A road district established under this subchapter may purchase or take over an improved road previously constructed by a county or by another road district. (b) A district may purchase or take over a road under Subsection (a) only in …

Sec. 257.112. BONDS AND TAX AUTHORIZED. As provided by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, to construct, maintain, and operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or turnpikes, or in aid of those activities, two or more adjoining counties or portions of adjoining count…

Sec. 257.113. ORDER FOR BOND ELECTION. (a) The members of the commissioners courts of the counties included in whole or part in a road district established under this subchapter at a joint meeting held in the county having the greatest population may order an election to authoriz…

Sec. 257.114. NOTICE OF BOND ELECTION. (a) A certified copy of an order for an election made under Section 257.113 shall be sent to the county clerk of each county included in whole or part in the road district. (b) After the clerk receives the certified copy of the election orde…

Sec. 257.115. DECLARATION OF BOND ELECTION RESULTS. The ex officio directors of a road district established under this subchapter by order shall declare the result of a district bond election and certify the result to the county judge of the county in the road district that has t…

Sec. 257.116. ORDERS TO ISSUE BONDS AND LEVY TAX. If in a bond election held under this subchapter two-thirds of the votes received in each county or portion of a county included in the road district favor issuing the bonds, the commissioners court of each county or portion of a …

Sec. 257.117. LEVY OF BOND TAX. (a) Each year, the commissioners courts of the counties included in whole or part in a road district established under this subchapter shall determine the amount of the district bond tax to be imposed. (b) The commissioners court of each county sha…

Sec. 257.118. ISSUANCE OF BONDS. (a) Bonds issued by a road district under this subchapter shall be: (1) issued in the name of the road district; (2) signed by the county judge of each county included in whole or part in the district; and (3) countersigned by the clerk of each of…

Sec. 257.119. SALE OF BONDS. (a) The commissioners courts of the counties included in whole or part in a road district established under this subchapter, at a joint meeting held in the county having the greatest population, shall advertise bonds issued under this subchapter for s…

Sec. 257.120. BOND PROCEEDS. (a) On the issuance and sale of road district bonds under this subchapter, the commissioners court of each county included in whole or part in the road district may adopt any necessary order setting aside an amount of the proceeds from the sale of the…

Sec. 257.121. APPLICATION OF COUNTY BOND LAWS. Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the general laws governing county road bonds authorized under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, apply to the authorization, issuance, approval, certification, registration, …

Sec. 257.122. INTEREST RATE AND MATURITY OF BONDS. Bonds issued under this subchapter shall mature not later than the 40th anniversary of the date of their issuance and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed that provided by Chapter 1204, Government Code. Acts 1995, 74th Leg…

Sec. 257.123. BOND RECORDS. (a) The commissioners court of each county included in whole or part in a road district established under this subchapter shall make a record of the district bonds issued under this subchapter. (b) The county clerk of each county shall keep the record.…

Sec. 257.124. BOND WARRANTS. (a) The treasurer or depository of a road district established under this subchapter shall pay out the proceeds from the sale of the district's bonds on warrants drawn on the available road fund and issued by the county clerk of the county in the road…

Sec. 258.001. CLARIFICATION OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN ROAD. Notwithstanding Chapter 281, a county may clarify the existence of a public interest in a road as provided by this chapter. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 236, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.