Texas Transportation Code

§ 311.052 — REGULATION OF RAILROAD BY TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY

TN § 311.052Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part E. MUNICIPAL STREETS · Ch. 311. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO MUNICIPAL STREETS · Art. C. AUTHORITY RELATING TO RAIL TRANSPORTATION

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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;

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.