Sec. 286.063. 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.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Road Laws Relating to Particular Counties
Chapter 286 - Road Laws Relating to Specific Counties
Subchapter C. Roads to Public Streams and Lakes and Other Public Water in Leon and Madison Counties
Section 286.061. Applicability
Section 286.063. Public Necessity for Additional Roads; Purpose
Section 286.065. Application for Public Road
Section 286.066. Notice of Application
Section 286.067. Opening of Road to Public Water