Sec. 542.007.  TRAFFIC REGULATIONS:  PRIVATE SUBDIVISION IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.  (a)  This section applies only to a subdivision that is located in the unincorporated area of a county with a population of 500,000 or less.
(b)  On petition of 25 percent of the property owners residing in a subdivision in which the roads are privately maintained or on the request of the governing body of the entity that maintains those roads, the commissioners court of the county by order may extend any traffic rules that apply to a county road to the roads of the subdivision if the commissioners court finds the order in the interest of the county generally.  The petition must specify the traffic rules that are sought to be extended.  The court order may extend any or all of the requested traffic rules.
(c)  As a condition of extending a traffic rule under Subsection (b), the commissioners court may require that owners of the property in the subdivision pay all or part of the cost of extending and enforcing the traffic rules in the subdivision.  The commissioners court shall consult with the sheriff to determine the cost of enforcing traffic rules in the subdivision.
(d)  On issuance of an order under this section, the private roads in the subdivision are considered to be county roads for purposes of the application and enforcement of the specified traffic rules.  The commissioners court may place official traffic control devices on property abutting the private roads if:
(1)  those devices relate to the specified traffic rule;  and
(2)  the consent of the owner of that property is obtained.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1393, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 913, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 243, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.