Sec. 311.001.  GENERAL AUTHORITY OF HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.  (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 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.