Section 316.008 - Public and Governmental Actions and Functions of Municipality The following actions of a municipality are public and governmental actions and functions, are exercised for a public purpose, and are matters of public necessity:
(1) granting a permit authorized by this subchapter;(2) permitting the use of a municipal street for a purpose authorized by Section 316.002 under a permit authorized by this subchapter; and(3) establishing or maintaining, with municipal money, material, equipment, or personnel, an improvement or facility described by Section 316.002(a)(1) or (5).Tex. Transp. Code § 316.008
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.