§ 317.003

(a) To decrease hazards to life or property, promote public safety or convenience, improve traffic conditions, or encourage the orderly development of the municipality, a municipality may acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, extend, maintain, repair, or replace a facility.(b) Activities authorized by Subsection (a) include:(1) removing and relocating railroad tracks, a utility line or pipe, or another improvement;(2) removing or demolishing a building or another improvement;(3) paying for damage to other property in connection with an activity described by that subsection; or(4) improving a street in connection with an activity described by that subsection. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.