Tex. Transp. Code § 171.201 · Subchapter E. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISTRICT AND AFFECTED RAILROADS
AGREEMENT WITH RAILROAD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Before a district may undertake a freight or commuter rail project that materially affects the tracks, facilities, or other property of a railroad that owns track in the district, the district and railroad must enter into a written agreement regarding the scope, operational impact, financing, and other elements of the project. The district may not undertake the project unless the district and the railroad agree on these terms.
(b) The agreement may include provisions for the railroad's financial participation in the project according to the benefits the railroad derives from the project.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 756 (H.B. 2958), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.
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.171.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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