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TX Transp Code § 251.159 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 251 - General County Authority Relating to Roads and Bridges|Subchapter E. County Traffic Regulations|Section 251.159. Delegation of Commissioners' Authority

Sec. 251.159.  DELEGATION OF COMMISSIONERS' AUTHORITY.  (a)  This section applies only to a county with a population of more than 78,000.(b)  The commissioners court of a county may delegate to the county engineer or other county employee any function of the commissioners court under this subchapter, except as provided by Subsection (e).  An action of the county engineer or other county employee under this section has the same effect as if the action were an action of the commissioners court.(c)  Before issuing a traffic regulation under this subchapter, the commissioners court, in lieu of publishing notice required by a law other than this subchapter, may give notice of the proposed regulation by posting a conspicuous sign in any location to be affected by the regulation.(d)  The commissioners court is not required to hold a public hearing on the proposed traffic regulation unless a resident of the county requests a public hearing.  The request must be in writing and made before the eighth day after the later of:(1)  the date that the sign is posted;  or(2)  the date that the notice under Section 251.152 is published.(e)  If a public hearing is requested, the commissioners court may not delegate the duty to hold the hearing.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 885, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 780 (H.B. 3955), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Transp Code § 251.160 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 251 - General County Authority Relating to Roads and Bridges|Subchapter E. County Traffic Regulations|Section 251.160. Liability of Owner or Operator for Road Damage

Sec. 251.160.  LIABILITY OF OWNER OR OPERATOR FOR ROAD DAMAGE.  (a)  A person who operates or moves a vehicle or other object on a public road or bridge and the owner of the vehicle or other object are jointly and severally liable for damage sustained by the road or bridge as a result of the negligent operation or moving of the vehicle or other object or as a result of the operation or movement of the vehicle at a time prohibited by the officials with authority over the road.(b)  The county judge by appropriate legal action may recover damages for which liability is provided by this section.  The county attorney shall represent the county in an action under this subsection.  Damages collected under this subsection are for the use of the county to benefit the damaged road or bridge.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 251.161 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 251 - General County Authority Relating to Roads and Bridges|Subchapter E. County Traffic Regulations|Section 251.161. Violations of Subchapter; Offense

Sec. 251.161.  VIOLATIONS OF SUBCHAPTER;  OFFENSE.  (a)  A person commits a misdemeanor offense if the person:(1)  stops, stands, or parks a vehicle in violation of a restriction stated on a sign installed under Section 251.156;(2)  defaces, injures, knocks down, or removes a sign or traffic control device installed under an order of the commissioners court of a county issued under this subchapter;(3)  operates a motor vehicle in violation of an order of the commissioners court entered under this subchapter;  or(4)  otherwise violates this subchapter.(b)  An offense under this section is punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.(c)  If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section or the other law.(d)  Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 806, Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 806 (S.B. 1127), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 806 (S.B. 1127), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Transp Code § 252.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter A. Ex Officio Road Commissioner System|Section 252.001. Adoption of Ex Officio Road Commissioner System

Sec. 252.001.  ADOPTION OF EX OFFICIO ROAD COMMISSIONER SYSTEM.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county may adopt this subchapter by an order made at a regular term of the court when all the members are present.(b)  The commissioners court shall enter the order in its minutes.  The order is not required to be in any particular form, and substantial compliance with this section is sufficient.(c)  If the commissioners court adopts this subchapter, Subchapters B, C, and D do not apply to the county.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 252.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter A. Ex Officio Road Commissioner System|Section 252.002. Relationship of Subchapter to Other Law

Sec. 252.002.  RELATIONSHIP OF SUBCHAPTER TO OTHER LAW.  If this subchapter conflicts with a general law relating to roads, this subchapter controls.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 252.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter A. Ex Officio Road Commissioner System|Section 252.003. Ex Officio Road Commissioners

Sec. 252.003.  EX OFFICIO ROAD COMMISSIONERS.  A county commissioner is the ex officio road commissioner of the county commissioner's precinct.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 252.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter A. Ex Officio Road Commissioner System|Section 252.004. Bond

Sec. 252.004.  BOND.  (a)  Before assuming the duties of an ex officio road commissioner, a county commissioner must execute a bond in the amount of $3,000 payable to the county judge for the use and benefit of the county road and bridge fund.  The bond must be conditioned that the member will:(1)  perform the duties required of the ex officio road commissioner by law or by the commissioners court;  and(2)  account for the money or other property belonging to the county that comes into the commissioner's possession.(b)  To be effective, the bond must be approved by the county judge.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 252.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter A. Ex Officio Road Commissioner System|Section 252.005. Powers and Duties of Commissioners Court

Sec. 252.005.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS COURT.  (a)  The commissioners court shall adopt a system for laying out, working on, draining, and repairing the public roads.(b)  The commissioners court may purchase vehicles, tools, and machinery necessary for working on public roads and may construct, grade, or otherwise improve a road or bridge by contract in the manner provided by Section 252.213.(c)  The commissioners court may provide reasonable rules and punishment as necessary to require inmates of county jails to work well on public roads and may provide a reward not to exceed $10 to be paid out of the county road and bridge fund for the recapture and delivery of an escaped inmate to be paid to any person other than the person in charge of the inmate at the time of the escape.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 252.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter A. Ex Officio Road Commissioner System|Section 252.006. Powers and Duties of Ex Officio Road Commissioners

Sec. 252.006.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF EX OFFICIO ROAD COMMISSIONERS.  (a)  Under the direction of the commissioners court, an ex officio road commissioner is responsible for the vehicles, tools, and machinery belonging to the county and placed in the commissioner's control by the court.(b)  Under rules adopted by the commissioners court, an ex officio road commissioner shall direct the:(1)  laying out of new roads;(2)  construction or changing of roads;  and(3)  building of bridges.(c)  Subject to authorization by the commissioners court, an ex officio road commissioner may employ persons for positions in the commissioner's precinct to be paid from the county road and bridge fund.(d)  An ex officio road commissioner may discharge any county employee working in the commissioner's precinct who is paid from the county road and bridge fund.(e)  An ex officio road commissioner has the duties of a supervisor of public roads as provided by Section 251.004.(f)  An ex officio road commissioner shall:(1)  determine the condition of the public roads in the commissioner's precinct;(2)  determine the character of work to be done on the roads;  and(3)  direct the manner of grading, draining, or otherwise improving the roads.(g)  A road overseer shall follow a direction given under Subsection (f)(3).|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 540 (S.B. 160), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2021.|
TX Transp Code § 252.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter B. Road Commissioner System|Section 252.101. Subchapter Not Applicable to Certain Counties

Sec. 252.101.  SUBCHAPTER NOT APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN COUNTIES.  (a)  This subchapter does not apply to Angelina, Aransas, Blanco, Bowie, Calhoun, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Comal, Dallas, Delta, DeWitt, Fayette, Franklin, Galveston, Gillespie, Grayson, Gregg, Harris, Harrison, Henderson, Hill, Hopkins, Houston, Jack, Jackson, Jasper, Lamar, Lavaca, Limestone, McLennan, Milam, Montgomery, Morris, Nacogdoches, Newton, Parker, Rains, Red River, Refugio, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Tarrant, Titus, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Washington, or Wood County.(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the commissioners court of Collin, Dallas, or Van Zandt County may adopt this subchapter instead of the special law for that county if the court determines that this subchapter is better suited to that county than the special law.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 917, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1431, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Transp Code § 252.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter B. Road Commissioner System|Section 252.102. Relationship of Subchapter to Other Law

Sec. 252.102.  RELATIONSHIP OF SUBCHAPTER TO OTHER LAW.  If this subchapter conflicts with a general law relating to roads and bridges, this subchapter controls.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 252.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter B. Road Commissioner System|Section 252.103. Road Commissioners

Sec. 252.103.  ROAD COMMISSIONERS.  (a)  A commissioners court may employ not more than four road commissioners.(b)  A road commissioner must be a resident of the district for which the road commissioner is employed.(c)  If the commissioners court employs more than one road commissioner, the court shall determine the district each road commissioner controls.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 252.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter B. Road Commissioner System|Section 252.104. Bond of Road Commissioner

Sec. 252.104.  BOND OF ROAD COMMISSIONER.  (a)  Before assuming the duties of a road commissioner, a road commissioner must execute a bond with one or more good and sufficient sureties payable to the county judge in the amount of $1,000, conditioned on the faithful performance of the road commissioner's duties.(b)  To be effective, the bond must be approved by the county judge.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 252.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter B. Road Commissioner System|Section 252.105. Powers and Duties of Road Commissioner

Sec. 252.105.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF ROAD COMMISSIONER.  (a)  A road commissioner controls the overseers, laborers, tools, machinery, and vehicles to be used on the roads in the road commissioner's district and may require overseers to deploy laborers that the road commissioner designates to open, work on, or repair roads or to build or repair bridges or culverts in the district.(b)  A road commissioner shall:(1)  ensure that the roads and bridges in the district are kept in good repair;(2)  under the control of the commissioners court, establish a system of grading and draining public roads in the district and ensure that the system is carried out by the overseers and laborers under the road commissioner's control;(3)  under the direction of the commissioners court, spend the money entrusted to the road commissioner by the court in the most economical and advantageous manner on the public roads, bridges, and culverts of the district;  and(4)  put the inmates and other laborers furnished by the commissioners court to work.(c)  A road commissioner is responsible for the safekeeping of and is liable for the loss or destruction of the machinery, tools, or vehicles placed under the road commissioner's control unless the road commissioner was not at fault.  When discharged, the road commissioner shall deliver those items to the person designated by the commissioners court.(d)  Inmates may not be required to work when there is available, after building and repairing bridges, a sufficient road fund to provide for the necessary work on the roads.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 252.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter B. Road Commissioner System|Section 252.106. Supervision of Road Commissioner by Commissioners Court

Sec. 252.106.  SUPERVISION OF ROAD COMMISSIONER BY COMMISSIONERS COURT.  (a)  A road commissioner shall obey the orders of the commissioners court.(b)  A road commissioner's acts are subject to the control, supervision, orders, and approval of the commissioners court.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 252.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter B. Road Commissioner System|Section 252.107. Report of Road Commissioner

Sec. 252.107.  REPORT OF ROAD COMMISSIONER.  (a)  At each regular term of the commissioners court, a road commissioner shall give a report under oath to the court that:(1)  includes an itemized account of the money the road commissioner has received to be spent on roads and bridges and the use made of the money;(2)  describes the condition of the roads, bridges, and culverts in the road commissioner's district;  and(3)  includes any other information the court requires.(b)  The road commissioner shall make other reports at any time the commissioners court requires.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 252.108 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter B. Road Commissioner System|Section 252.108. Use of County Road and Bridge Fund

Sec. 252.108.  USE OF COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND.  (a)  In a county that employs road commissioners under this subchapter, the commissioners court shall ensure that the county road and bridge fund is judiciously and equitably spent on the roads and bridges in the county.  As nearly as the condition and necessity of the roads permit, the fund shall be spent in each county commissioner's precinct in proportion to the amount of money in the fund collected in the precinct.(b)  In a county that employs road commissioners under this subchapter, money used in building permanent roads must first be used on:(1)  first-class or second-class roads;  and(2)  roads for which the right-of-way has been furnished free of cost to make as straight a road as is practicable and for which the residents have offered the greatest amount of labor, money, or other property.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 252.109 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter B. Road Commissioner System|Section 252.109. Donations

Sec. 252.109.  DONATIONS.  A commissioners court or the road commissioners may accept donations of labor, money, or other property to aid in building or maintaining roads in the county.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 252.110 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter B. Road Commissioner System|Section 252.110. Liability for Property Damage or Misplacement

Sec. 252.110.  LIABILITY FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE OR MISPLACEMENT.  A person who knowingly or wilfully damages or misplaces a bridge, culvert, drain, sewer, ditch, sign, milepost, or similar thing placed on a road to benefit the road is liable to the county and any injured person for damages caused by the person's conduct.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 252.111 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter B. Road Commissioner System|Section 252.111. Drainage Along Public Road

Sec. 252.111.  DRAINAGE ALONG PUBLIC ROAD.  (a)  A commissioners court or road commissioner may authorize a person to make a drain along a public road to drain the person's property.(b)  The person must make the drain under the direction of the commissioners court, road commissioner, or a person designated by the commissioners court.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 252.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter C. Road Superintendent System|Section 252.201. Subchapter Not Applicable to Certain Counties

Sec. 252.201.  SUBCHAPTER NOT APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN COUNTIES.  (a)  This subchapter does not apply to Angelina, Aransas, Blanco, Bowie, Calhoun, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Comal, Dallas, Delta, DeWitt, Fayette, Franklin, Galveston, Gillespie, Grayson, Gregg, Harris, Harrison, Henderson, Hill, Hopkins, Houston, Jack, Jackson, Jasper, Lamar, Lavaca, Limestone, McLennan, Milam, Montgomery, Morris, Nacogdoches, Newton, Parker, Rains, Red River, Refugio, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Tarrant, Titus, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Washington, or Wood County.(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the commissioners court of Collin or Dallas County may adopt this subchapter instead of the special law for that county if the court determines that this subchapter is better suited to that county than the special law.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1431, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Transp Code § 252.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter C. Road Superintendent System|Section 252.202. Relationship of Subchapter to Other Law

Sec. 252.202.  RELATIONSHIP OF SUBCHAPTER TO OTHER LAW.  If this subchapter conflicts with a general law relating to roads and bridges, this subchapter controls.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 252.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter C. Road Superintendent System|Section 252.203. Adoption of Subchapter and Appointment of Road Superintendents

Sec. 252.203.  ADOPTION OF SUBCHAPTER AND APPOINTMENT OF ROAD SUPERINTENDENTS.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county may adopt this subchapter by appointing a road superintendent for the county or one superintendent in each county commissioner's precinct by an order made at a regular term of the court.(b)  The commissioners court shall enter the order in its minutes.  The order is not required to be in any particular form, and substantial compliance with this section is sufficient.(c)  A road superintendent must be a qualified voter of the county or precinct for which the road superintendent is appointed.(d)  A road superintendent holds office for two years unless removed by the commissioners court for good cause.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 252.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle C - County Roads and Bridges|Chapter 252 - Systems of County Road Administration|Subchapter C. Road Superintendent System|Section 252.204. Oath and Bond of Road Superintendent

Sec. 252.204.  OATH AND BOND OF ROAD SUPERINTENDENT.  (a)  Not later than the 20th day after the date of appointment, a road superintendent must:(1)  take and subscribe to the oath required by the constitution;  and(2)  give a bond payable to the county judge in an amount fixed by the commissioners court, conditioned that the road superintendent will:(A)  faithfully perform the duties required of the road superintendent by law or the commissioners court;  and(B)  disburse money under the road superintendent's control as the law provides or the commissioners court directs.(b)  To be effective, the bond must be approved by the county judge.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|