Section 173.203 - Use and Alteration of Property of Another Political Subdivision(a) For a purpose described by Section 173.201, as necessary or useful in the construction, reconstruction, repair, maintenance, and operation of the system, and with the consent of a municipality, county, or other political subdivision, a district may:(1) use streets, alleys, roads, highways, and other public ways of the political subdivision; and(2) relocate, raise, reroute, change the grade of, or alter, at the district's expense, the construction of a publicly owned or privately owned street, alley, highway, road, railroad, electric line or facility, telegraph or telephone property or facility, pipeline or facility, conduit or facility, and other property.(b) A district may not use or alter:(1) a road or highway in the state highway system without the permission of the commission; or(2) a railroad without permission of the railroad.Tex. Transp. Code § 173.203
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.04, eff. April 1, 2011.