TRANSPORTATION CODE

TITLE 6. ROADWAYS

SUBTITLE E. MUNICIPAL STREETS

CHAPTER 313. STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES

SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 313.001.  DEFINITIONS.  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.