Tex. Transp. Code Section 254.002
Petition for Drainage Construction

(a)

The commissioners court of a county may not order a drainage system to be constructed unless a petition is presented to the court as provided by this section.

(b)

To be valid, the petition must include:

(1)

the signatures of at least 100 registered voters of the county;

(2)

a statement of the necessity for and availability of the drainage system;

(3)

the number of miles of public roads, as accurately as possible;

(4)

the width and depth of the ditches to be built along the first-class roads;

(5)

the name and location of each natural waterway crossed by the county’s first-class roads;

(6)

the distance of each waterway from another along the first-class roads; and

(7)

the names and residences, if known, of each owner of real property adjacent to or within one mile of each first-class road.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Source: Section 254.002 — Petition for Drainage Construction, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.­254.­htm#254.­002 (accessed May 11, 2024).

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