PLACING AND MAINTAINING TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICE.
Tex. TRANSP Code § 544.002.
in effect(a) To implement this subtitle, the Texas Department of Transportation may place and maintain a traffic-control device on a state highway as provided by the manual and specifications adopted under Section 544.001 . The Texas Department of Transportation may provide for the placement and maintenance of the device under Section 221.002 .
(b) To implement this subtitle or a local traffic ordinance, a local authority may place and maintain a traffic-control device on a highway under the authority's jurisdiction. The traffic-control device must conform to the manual and specifications adopted under Section 544.001 .
(c) A local authority may not place or maintain a traffic-control device on a highway under the jurisdiction of the Texas Department of Transportation without that department's permission, except as authorized under Section 545.3561 .
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 216 (H.B. 109 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.