Texas Transportation Code

§ 286.070 — OPENING ROAD PARALLEL TO NAVIGABLE STREAM

TN § 286.070Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part D. ROAD LAWS RELATING TO PARTICULAR COUNTIES · Ch. 286. ROAD LAWS RELATING TO SPECIFIC COUNTIES · Art. C. ROADS TO PUBLIC STREAMS AND LAKES AND OTHER PUBLIC WATER IN LEON AND MADISON COUNTIES

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(a)On the filing of an application in accordance with Sections 286.064 through 286.069, the commissioners court may issue an order that opens, in accordance with this subchapter, a public road that runs parallel and adjacent to the bank of a navigable stream for public access to the navigable stream and for camping purposes.

(b)The public road must be 60 feet wide and may extend any distance the commissioners court considers necessary.

Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.