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. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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