Tex. Transp. Code § 112.055 · Subchapter B. ACQUISITION AND USE OF PROPERTY BY RAILROAD OR OF RAILROAD
RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUIRED BY CONDEMNATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A right-of-way that a railway company in this state acquires by condemnation does not include a fee simple estate in public or private land.
(b) A right-of-way that a railway company acquires by condemnation is not lost on forfeiture or expiration of the railway company's charter. The right-of-way remains subject to an extension of the charter or the grant of a new charter, and a new condemnation of the way is not required.
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
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.112.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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