Tex. Transp. Code § 111.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
POWER AND AUTHORITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
To the extent not preempted by federal law, the department:
(1) has power and authority over:
(A) railroads, including suburban, belt, and terminal railroads;
(B) public wharves, docks, piers, elevators, warehouses, sheds, tracks, and other property used in connection with railroads; and
(C) persons, associations, and private or municipal corporations that own or operate a railroad, or a wharf, dock, pier, elevator, warehouse, shed, track, or other property used in connection with a railroad; and
(2) shall govern and regulate those railroads, persons, associations, and corporations and prevent abuses in the conduct of their business.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.111.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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