Sec. 311.002.  GENERAL AUTHORITY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  A general-law municipality has exclusive control over the highways, streets, and alleys of the municipality.
(b)  The municipality may:
(1)  abate or remove an encroachment or obstruction on a highway, street, or alley;
(2)  open, change, regulate, or improve a street;  or
(3)  put a drain or sewer in a street, prevent the obstruction of the drain or sewer, or protect the drain or sewer from encroachment or damage.
(c)  To carry out its powers under this section, the municipality may:
(1)  regulate or change the grade of land;  and
(2)  require that the grade of land be raised by filling an area.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.