Tex. Transp. Code Section 311.001
General Authority of Home-rule Municipality

(a)

A home-rule municipality has exclusive control over and under the public highways, streets, and alleys of the municipality.

(b)

The municipality may:

(1)

control, regulate, or remove an encroachment or obstruction on a public street or alley of the municipality;

(2)

open or change a public street or alley of the municipality; or

(3)

improve a public highway, street, or alley of the municipality.

(c)

Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or (b) or Section 311.007 (Closing of Street or Alley by Home-rule Municipality), before a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more may install traffic calming measures within the municipality, the governing body of the municipality must:

(1)

publish standards and criteria, which must include sufficient notice to allow the governing body to receive and consider public comments from residents within one-half mile of the proposed traffic calming measure;

(2)

on request of affected residents, schedule and hold a public meeting before implementation of the measure; and

(3)

if the measure involves the closure of a street to motor vehicular traffic, before the closure:

(A)

hold a public hearing on the issue of the closure; and

(B)

approve the closure by a majority vote.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1321 (H.B. 3082), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.

Source: Section 311.001 — General Authority of Home-rule Municipality, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.­311.­htm#311.­001 (accessed May 18, 2024).

311.001
General Authority of Home-rule Municipality 311.002
General Authority of General-law Municipality 311.003
Additional Authority of Type a General-law Municipality 311.004
Authority over Sidewalk in Home-rule Municipality 311.005
Movement of Structure on Street in Home-rule Municipality 311.006
Authority of County to Improve Street in Type B General-law Municipality 311.007
Closing of Street or Alley by Home-rule Municipality 311.008
Closing of Street or Alley by General-law Municipality 311.031
Definition 311.032
Establishment of Freeway 311.033
Acquisition of Land 311.034
Control of Intersecting Street 311.035
Lease of Land Under Freeway 311.051
Regulation of Street Railway by Type a General-law Municipality 311.052
Regulation of Railroad by Type a General-law Municipality 311.053
Closing Street for Certain Purposes in General-law or Special-law Municipality 311.054
Railroad Quiet Zone Located Outside Type a General-law Municipality 311.071
Authority to Grant Franchise 311.072
Prohibition of Grant by Charter 311.073
Election After Petition 311.074
Election Date 311.075
Election Notice 311.076
Ballot Proposition 311.077
Effective Date of Franchise 311.078
Duration of Franchise 311.091
Assessment for Street Improvement in Home-rule Municipality 311.092
Assessment for Opening, Extending, or Widening of Street or Alley in Home-rule Municipality 311.093
Assessment for Sidewalk in Home-rule Municipality 311.094
Other Financing Methods in Charter of Home-rule Municipality 311.095
Assessment for Street Improvement in Type a General-law Municipality 311.096
Cost of Sidewalk in Type a General-law Municipality 311.901
Regulation of Animals on Street of Type a General-law Municipality 311.902
Street Lighting in Type a General-law Municipality 311.903
Street Work Required of Inhabitant in Type B General-law Municipality 311.904
Former President’s Street in Home-rule Municipality
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Accessed:
May 18, 2024

§ 311.001’s source at texas​.gov