| HIGHWAYS AND ROADS |
| Cameras, installation of on state highway rights-of-way to monitor compliance with traffic-control signals to enforce traffic laws | GA-0440 |
| Commencement of environmental review process for purposes of Transportation Code subsection 372.002(d) | KP-0194 |
| County energy transportation reinvestment zones | GA-1076 |
| County road right-of-way, county commissioners court may order the removal of the manufactured homes from | GA-0430 |
| County road, status of in light of adoption of a surveyor report relocating county line | GA-0659 |
| Inactive pit with edge located within 200 feet of public roadway constitutes an "unacceptable unsafe location" and is subject to statutory safety-barrier requirements if a pit is located on site with a "plant" | JC-0164 |
| International bridge, construction by City of Eagle Pass | JC-0154 |
| Maintenance of county roads as a function conferred on a county by statute. Local Government Code section 81.032 authorizes a county commissioners court to accept gifts, grants, or donations for the | GA-1014 |
| Manufactured homes, county constable is not authorized by section 545.3051 of Transportation Code to remove from the right-of-way of a county road
| GA-0430 |
| Monetary donations from private entities. A commissioners court has discretion under Local Government Code section 81.032 to determine whether and under what conditions to accept | GA-1014 |
| Overweight trucks, commissioners court may not impose additional regulations with regard to weight on those granted overweight permit by Department of Transportation | GA-0509 |
| Private roads used for school bus routes, county is not authorized to maintain | DM-0013 |
| Privately-owned street, state and local traffic regulations not applicable on | JC-0016 |
| Public road, commissioners court may not discontinue until road designated as replacement is ready, but may abandon or vacate without such replacement | GA-0088 |
| Tax increment financing, use by counties | GA-1076 |
| Term "two designated lanes," as used in section 545.0651(b) of the Transportation Code, means precisely two and may not be construed to mean "two or more" | JC-0551 |
| Traffic offense of failure to drive in single marked lane, requirement of culpable mental state | JC-0451 |
| Utility accommodation policy of Department of Transportation for controlled-access highways is not impermissible burden on utility rights-of-way | GA-0003 |
| County |
| Abandonment of road by vote of commissioners court vests title in abutting property owners | LO94-053 |
| Access to public roads in subdivision, landowner may not block by locked gate or other obstruction | JC-0172 |
| Amount of tax voted by electorate, tax collector and the commissioners court cannot ordinarily levy or collect a tax in a road district in excess of | JM-1276 |
| Assessments for road improvements, commissioners court may delegate details of calculating and collecting, but may not assess property owners costs of holding election and collecting revenues | DM-0126 |
| Bolivar bridge project, Harris County may not participate in because no part of project lies within Harris County | GA-0039 |
| Bond election, county road district bond election is not rendered invalid if amount to be voted upon is changed after a public hearing | JM-1276 |
| Cattle guard, Webb County Commissioners Court has no authority to replace on county road | JC-0245 |
| Center stripe, county may lay on county road in accordance with Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices | JC-0175 |
| City streets, authority to expend county funds for (Overruled to extent inconsistent with Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. JC-0036 (1999)) | LO97-084 |
| Closure of public road requires unanimous vote of commissioners court | JC-0116 |
| Commissioners court duty to remove gate and maintain road in specific circumstances | KP-0240 |
| Commissioners courts, whether they are authorized to remove structures from the right-of-way that they deem to be safety hazards | GA-0693 |
| Competitive bidding laws, purchasing culverts and road sign components separately may violate | LO94-087 |
| Constables and deputy constables as weight enforcement officers | KP-0245 |
| Donation for improvement of specific county road, whether commissioners court may agree to condition | JC-0073 |
| Drainage easements and rights-of-way, disposing of abandoned | GA-0471 |
| Drainage of road, county has duty to provide for when it accepts municipal utility district's dedication of road to public use | LO94-044 |
| Employ road administrator when unable to employ licensed professional engineer, county operating under county road department system is authorized under section 252.304 of Transportation Code to | GA-0473 |
| Ex officio road commissioner system, administration of roads under | GA-0295 |
| Gate across third class road, landowner must remove if commissioners court constructs a cattle guard to replace | LO98-120 |
| Harris County Road Law governs Harris County's sale of land acquired but never used for road purposes | LO93-047 |
| It is likely a court would conclude that, absent a constitutional amendment, a county may not form and operate a county energy transportation reinvestment zone ("CETRZ"), a tax increment reinvestment zone ("TIRZ"), or a transportation reinvestment zone ("TRZ") to the extent that doing so utilizes a pledge of the captured increment of ad valorem taxes to fund a county tax increment reinvestment zone. | KP-0004 |
| Local law enforcement officers must be certified by Texas Department of Transportation to enforce weight restrictions | KP-0245 |
| Maintenance of any particular county road, county's decision as to frequency of maintenance is matter for discretion of commissioners court | GA-0128 |
| Name and rename county road, authority of commissioners court to | JC-0301 |
| Optional County Road Law of 1947, county that adopted that law prior to its repeal continues to operate under | DM-0368 |
| Private roads become public roads subject to county maintenance when dedicated to county and accepted by commissioners court | JC-0172 |
| Private subdivision, county commissioners court may extend traffic rules applicable to county roads to roads in and may subsequently amend order to except restrictions otherwise applicable to all-terrain vehicles | GA-0080 |
| Public road, commissioners court may not permanently cease to maintain without formerly ordering that road be discontinued and designating alternative route | GA-0128 |
| Public road, constitutionality of commissioners court authority to declare a public road under Transportation Code section 251.053 | GA-0835 |
| Public roadway easement by prescription, acquisition and maintenance of | LO95-078 |
| Repair of road located within city limits, county is authorized to pay for if road is integral part of or connecting link with county's road system | LO98-116 |
| Right-of-way, water corporation may lay fixtures in county after notifying county but need not notify county before repairing existing fixtures; county may require water corporation to remove or relocate fixtures at corporation's expense | JC-0556 |
| Rights-of-way on county roads established by implied dedication or prescription, whether they extend beyond the area traveled | GA-0693 |
| Road administrator, county may employ instead of engineer if county is unable to hire engineer | DM-0368 |
| Road commissioner may not purchase or authorize purchase, nor may commissioner participate in county commissioners court's decision to purchase auto parts from corporation in which commissioner has substantial interest | JC-0100 |
| Roads dedicated to public, county must accept for maintenance before enforcing speed limits on | LO95-064 |
| Speed bump, county may install on county road with permission of Texas Department of Transportation | JC-0175 |
| Speed limit on county road or highway, commissioners court may lower without traffic study, but not to less than thirty miles per hour | JC-0079 |
| Status of "public road" entitled to county maintenance, whether a road has acquired that status through public use or implied dedication is a determination for the commissioners court in the first instance | JC-0503 |
| Stop signs, commissioners court order installing constitutes traffic regulation subject to hearing requirement | GA-0129 |
| Storm water sewer located within roadway easement, county is obligated to maintain only if it has accepted dedication of | LO94-044 |
| Subdivision road, county's authority to accept dedication of and county's authority to remove obstruction of road not accepted for county maintenance | GA-0139 |
| Subdivision roads, authority of commissioners court to improve and assess costs of improvements against property owners within subdivision | DM-0204 |
| Tax anticipation notes and bond anticipation notes as well as bonds, county road district may borrow money by issuing but not unless authorized by the electorate | JM-1276 |
| Third-class road, property owner has no authority to install gate if county has installed cattle guards | LO95-065 |
| Traffic fatality markers, authority of county to install in right-of-way located in subdivision with restrictive covenants | LO97-018 |
| Traffic fatality markers, constitutionality of county's use of Latin crosses as | LO97-018 |
| Traffic regulation on non-county maintained public roads in subdivisions located within a fresh water supply district in an unincorporated area of the county | GA-0809 |
| Traffic regulation subject to hearing requirement, whether commissioners court order installing stop signs constitutes | GA-0129 |
| Transportation Code sections 251.003, 251.016, and 251.017 authorize a commissioners court to require a permit and charge a fee for installing an access point to a county road | GA-1013 |
| Trees and shrubs in county road right-of-way, commissioners court has general authority to remove and dispose of (depending on easement contract) | JM-1241 |
| Use of funds collected from claims on subdivision road and drainage bonds under Local Government Code subsection 232.003(7) | KP-0256 |
| Financial Matters |
| Application of administrative fees in Transportation Code subsection 228.0547(b) to entity contracting with TxDOT to operate toll lane under Transportation Code section 228.007(b) | KP-0184 |
| Donation for improvement of specific county road, whether commissioners court may agree to condition | JC-0073 |
| Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle ("GARVEE") bonds, whether issuance of requires amendment of Texas Constitution | JC-0039 |
| Infrastructure, whether construction to improve an intersection constitutes a project authorized under the Development Corporation Act of 1979 | GA-0320 |
| Interlocal contract to maintain private roads in municipality, commissioners court may not enter into | JC-0288 |
| Revenue constitutionally dedicated to highway purposes, proceeds from sale of salvage or surplus personal property purchased with revenue constitutionally dedicated to highway purposes are not themselves constitutionally dedicated to highway purposes, and | GA-0143 |
| State Infrastructure Bank, whether county may borrow money from for bridge and road construction without issuing bonds | JC-0139 |
| Tax increment bonds, authority of counties to issue | GA-0981 |
| Toll roads, Department of Transportation cannot grant state highway fund monies to Texas Turnpike Authority for toll roads except on condition of repayment from toll proceeds and other revenue | JC-0353 |
| Water district with road district powers, whether authorized to incur long-term indebtedness payable from road fees | JC-0295 |
| State |
| Article III, section 49-g - Use of state highway funds designated by voter approval of Proposition 1 | KP-0197 |
| Article VIII, section 7-c - Use of state highway funds designated by voter approval of Proposition 7 | KP-0197 |
| Authority of Department of Transportation to enter facility agreements under North Tarrant Express Comprehensive Development Agreement | KP-0253 |
| Border inspection stations, authority of Department of Transportation to choose location for | JC-0448 |
| Disregard of traffic-control device is a criminal violation under state law; cities are prohibited from enacting ordinances that conflict with state law and therefore a city may not adopt ordinance making running a red light a civil rather than a criminal | JC-0460 |
| Highway Beautification Act, state law implementing provisions on outdoor advertising | GA-0192 |
| Monies held in trust in a particular subaccount of the state highway fund, Department of Transportation may not transfer to a regional transportation authority | GA-0687 |
| Ready-mixed concrete trucks, applicability of the weight limits set pursuant to chapters 621 and 622 of Transportation Code | JC-0343 |
| State Highway 165 within the State Cemetery, the State Cemetery Committee is to determine in the first instance and subject to judicial review the exact scope of its operational authority, and whether that authority necessarily includes the power to regulate bicycles on | GA-0899 |
| State highway maintenance contract, county lacks authority to submit bid to Texas Transportation Commission for | JC-0171 |
| State highway rights-of-way, disposition of oil and gas royalties received for depletion of | DM-0370 |
