Tex. Transp. Code § 112.052 · Subchapter B. ACQUISITION AND USE OF PROPERTY BY RAILROAD OR OF RAILROAD
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR CHANGE, RELOCATION, OR ABANDONMENT OF RAILROAD LINE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a railroad company or a receiver of a railroad that changes, relocates, or abandons a line of railroad in this state may acquire by condemnation or otherwise land for:
(1) right-of-way;
(2) depot grounds;
(3) shops;
(4) roundhouses;
(5) water supply sites;
(6) sidings;
(7) switches;
(8) spurs; or
(9) any other purpose connected with or necessary to the building or operating of the line of railroad, as changed, relocated, or abandoned.
(b) Property acquired under this section must be declared for and charged with public use.
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
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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.112.htm
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