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Local Government Code §571.003

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In force on Apr 01, 2009 · this text took effect Apr 01, 2009 · same as today's text

USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY

(a) The commissioners court or municipal authority may impose additional uses or restrictions on a street, alley, public highway, or other public ground necessary for the location, construction, or maintenance of a seawall, breakwater, levee, floodway, or drainway. (b) The commissioners court or municipal authority may authorize an additional use of the seawall, breakwater, levee, floodway, or drainway if that use will not impair the efficiency of the seawall, breakwater, levee, floodway, or drainway.

History: Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 421.003 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278 ), Sec. 3.76(c)(1), eff. April 1, 2009.

Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Nov 08, 2026.

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