Texas § TN.286.063 - PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR ADDITIONAL ROADS
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§ TN.286.063. PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR ADDITIONAL ROADS
PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR ADDITIONAL ROADS; PURPOSE. (a) A public necessity for additional roads is created by the lack of adequate roads for general public access to a navigable stream, public lake, or the shore of a lake. (b) There is a public necessity for a road under this subchapter if a bank or shore of public water is inaccessible to the general public. (c) The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a road to make accessible to the general public a bank or shore of public water that is fenced in and inaccessible. (d) A bank or shore of public water is inaccessible to the general public under this section if: (1) the bank or shore extends for more than five miles without a public road to furnish access to the bank or shore; or (2) there is an area of five or more miles on the bank or shore without a road to furnish public access to the bank or shore. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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