Texas Transportation Code

§ 451.654 — ORDINANCE OF CREATION; FINDINGS

TN § 451.654Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part K. MASS TRANSPORTATION · Ch. 451. METROPOLITAN RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITIES · Art. N. CREATION OF AUTHORITY

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(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

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Legislative history

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