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§ 311.001 — Texas Law | CourtGPT
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(a) A home-rule municipality has exclusive control over and under the public highways, streets, and alleys of the municipality.(b) The municipality may:(1) control, regulate, or remove an encroachment or obstruction on a public street or alley of the municipality;(2) open or change a public street or alley of the municipality; or(3) improve a public highway, street, or alley of the municipality.(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or (b) or Section 311.007, before a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more may install traffic calming measures within the municipality, the governing body of the municipality must:(1) publish standards and criteria, which must include sufficient notice to allow the governing body to receive and consider public comments from residents within one-half mile of the proposed traffic calming measure;(2) on request of affected residents, schedule and hold a public meeting before implementation of the measure; and(3) if the measure involves the closure of a street to motor vehicular traffic, before the closure:(A) hold a public hearing on the issue of the closure; and(B) approve the closure

of the measure; and(3) if the measure involves the closure of a street to motor vehicular traffic, before the closure:(A) hold a public hearing on the issue of the closure; and(B) approve the closure by a majority vote. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1321 (H.B. 3082), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.

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