Tex. Transp. Code § 451.654 · Subchapter N. CREATION OF AUTHORITY
ORDINANCE OF CREATION; FINDINGS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governing body of an alternate municipality, after hearing the evidence presented at the hearing, shall adopt an ordinance creating an authority if the governing body finds that the creation of the authority and the operation of a transit authority system would be:
(1) of benefit to the persons and property in the boundaries of the proposed authority;
(2) of public utility; and
(3) in the public interest.
(b) An ordinance creating an authority must:
(1) contain a description of the territory to be in the authority; and
(2) provide a name for the authority.
(c) After the hearing, the governing body shall submit the proposed plan to the governor's interagency council for transportation for review and comment.
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.451.htm
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- sha256 218ba3ae725fdbbd0164e1b3bc2ffe9ef70545cdde044144095a636bdda83948
- 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
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