Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3878.151 · Subchapter D. PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM AND PARKING FACILITIES
PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM; PETITION REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain a public transit system to serve the area within the boundaries of the district.
(b) The board may not act under Subsection (a) unless a written petition requesting the action has been filed with the board.
(c) The petition must be signed by:
(1) the owners of property representing a majority of the total assessed value of the real property in the district that abuts the right-of-way in which the public transit system is proposed to be located; or
(2) the owners of a majority of the area of the real property in the district that abuts the right-of-way in which the public transit system is proposed to be located.
(d) For purposes of Subsection (c), the determination of a majority is based on the property owners along the entire right-of-way of the proposed transit project and may not be calculated on a block-by-block basis.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1068 (H.B. 4722), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.3878.htm
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