Tex. Transp. Code § 311.052 · Subchapter C. AUTHORITY RELATING TO RAIL TRANSPORTATION
REGULATION OF RAILROAD BY TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may:
(1) direct and control the location and construction of railroad tracks, turnouts, and switches and prohibit the construction of those facilities in a street or alley, unless that action has been authorized by law;
(2) require that railroad tracks, turnouts, and switches be constructed in a way that interferes as little as possible with the ordinary use of a street or alley and that leaves sufficient space on each side of the tracks for the safe and convenient passage of vehicles and people;
(3) require a railroad company to keep in repair the street or alley on which their tracks are located;
(4) order a railroad company to construct and keep in repair a crossing at the place where the company's tracks intersect a street or alley;
(5) require a railroad company to construct and keep in repair a ditch, sewer, or culvert;
(6) direct or prohibit the use of or regulate the speed of a locomotive in the municipality; or
(7) direct and control the location of railroad depots in the municipality.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.311.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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