Tex. Transp. Code § 172.211 · Subchapter E. POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF RAIL FACILITIES
OTHER POWERS OF COUNTY, DISTRICT, AND NAVIGATION DISTRICT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to a county that:
(1) is adjacent to a county with a population of four million or more;
(2) has a population of 370,000 or more; and
(3) has created a district by concurrent order with an adjacent county pursuant to Section 172.052.
(b) A county acting through the commissioners court or a local government corporation may adopt an order that authorizes the county and a navigation district located wholly or partly in the county to:
(1) develop rail facilities as a qualifying project under Chapter 2267, Government Code; and
(2) issue bonds for rail facilities secured by a pledge of the revenues of the facilities, including contract revenue, grant revenue, or other revenue collected in connection with the facilities.
(c) If each county that created a district adopts an order described by Subsection (b), the district may exercise the powers described by that subsection.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 786 (H.B. 2557), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2017.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 240, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.172.htm
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