Section 313.001 - Definitions In this chapter:
(1) "Cost" includes an expense of engineering and other expense incident to construction of an improvement.(2) "Governing body" means the governing body of a municipality.(3) "Highway" includes any part of a street, alley, public place, or square, including a part left wholly or partly unimproved in connection with another street improvement.(4) "Improvement" includes the following, liberally construed: (A) filling, grading, raising, paving, or repairing a highway in a permanent manner;(B) constructing, realigning, or repairing a curb, gutter, or sidewalk;(C) widening, narrowing, or straightening a highway; and(D) an appurtenance or incidental to an improvement, including a drain or culvert.Tex. Transp. Code § 313.001
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.