TRANSPORTATION CODE

SUBTITLE B. STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM

CHAPTER 221. GENERAL PROVISIONS


	§ 221.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subtitle:                                 
		(1)  "Highway" includes a public road or part of a 
public road and a bridge, culvert, or other necessary structure 
related to a public road.
		(2)  "Improvement" includes construction, 
reconstruction, maintenance, and the making of a necessary plan or 
survey before beginning construction, reconstruction, or 
maintenance.
		(3)  "State highway system" means the highways in this 
state included in the plan providing for a system of state highways 
prepared by the director under Section 201.103.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.                    


	§ 221.002.  AGREEMENTS WITH MUNICIPALITIES.  The 
commission and the governing body of a municipality, including a 
home-rule municipality, may agree to:
		(1)  provide for the location, relocation, 
improvement, control, supervision, and regulation of a designated 
state highway in the municipality;  and
		(2)  establish the respective liabilities and 
responsibilities of the commission and the municipality under the 
agreement.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.                    


	§ 221.003.  IMPROVEMENT OF STATE HIGHWAY 
SYSTEM.  (a)  Improvement of the state highway system with federal 
aid shall be made under the exclusive and direct control of the 
department and with appropriations made by the legislature out of 
the state highway fund.
	(b)  The department may improve the state highway system 
without federal aid either with or without county aid.  
Improvements made without federal aid must comply with Section 
223.045.
	(c)  The department shall make or prepare any survey, plan, 
specifications, or estimate for an improvement of the state highway 
system if any part of the improvement will be made with federal aid.
	(d)  The commissioners court of a county may not directly 
control the making of an improvement of the state highway system 
unless the plan and specifications for the improvement have been 
approved by the director.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.