Tex. Transp. Code § 173.051 · Subchapter B. CREATION
CREATION OF DISTRICT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A district may be created to provide commuter rail service between two municipalities:
(1) each of which has a population of more than 450,000; and
(2) that are located not farther than 100 miles apart as determined by the department.
(b) The creating municipalities and the counties in which the creating municipalities are located may create a district on passage of a resolution favoring creation by the governing body of each municipality or county.
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.
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
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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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