Tex. Transp. Code § 173.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means a district's board of directors.
(2) "Commuter rail facility" means any property necessary for the transportation of passengers and baggage between locations in a district. The term includes rolling stock, locomotives, stations, parking areas, and rail lines.
(2-a) "Commuter rail service" means the transportation of passengers and baggage by rail between locations in a district.
(3) "Creating municipality" means a municipality described by Section 173.051(a).
(4) "Director" means a board member.
(5) "District" means an intermunicipal commuter rail district created under this chapter or under Article 6550c-1, Revised Statutes, as that article existed before April 1, 2011.
(6) "District property" means property the district owns or leases under a long-term lease.
(7) "System" means all of the commuter rail and intermodal facilities leased or owned by or operated on behalf of a district.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.04, eff. April 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1307 (H.B. 3030), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.173.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 cf3d461e33d6c99bb8cd8eef341f1e996d01ab8572caf910e8b07ca9be7a49fa
- Composed by
- 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
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.