Tex. Transp. Code § 111.054 · Subchapter B. REGULATION OF RAILROADS BY DEPARTMENT
REFUSAL TO ANSWER BY RAILROAD COMPANY; PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A railroad company is liable to the state for a penalty of $500 if:
(1) an officer or employee of the company:
(A) fails or refuses to fill out and return a questionnaire under Section 111.052;
(B) fails or refuses to answer a question in a questionnaire under Section 111.052;
(C) gives a false answer to a question in a questionnaire under Section 111.052 and the fact inquired of is within the officer's or employee's knowledge; or
(D) evades the answer to such a question in a questionnaire under Section 111.052; and
(2) it appears that the officer or employee acted in obedience to the company's direction, permission, or request in the officer's or employee's failure, refusal, or evasion.
(b) The department may prescribe a system of bookkeeping to be observed by each railroad company that receives a questionnaire under Section 111.052, under the penalties of Subsection (a).
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.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.111.htm
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