Section 3857.102 - Road Powers(a) The district has the powers given to a road district created under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, including:(1) a road district under Chapter 257, Transportation Code; and(2) a road utility district under Chapter 441, Transportation Code.(b) The district has the power under Subsection (a) to finance arterials, including a farm-to-market road, state highway, and county road.(c) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located. If the district is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, a road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the district is located.(d) The district may not undertake a road project outside the district unless each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located consents by resolution. If the district is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the district may not undertake a road project outside the district unless each county in which the district is located consents by resolution.Tex. Spec. Dist. Loc. Laws § 3857.102
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1286, Sec. 1, eff. 6/15/2007.