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, 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.Tex. Transp. Code § 311.001
Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1321 (H.B. 3082), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009 Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.