Texas Transportation Code
§ 452.061 — FARES AND OTHER CHARGES
TN § 452.061Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part K. MASS TRANSPORTATION · Ch. 452. REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES · Art. B. POWERS OF AUTHORITIES
Statute text
View on source(a)An authority shall impose reasonable and nondiscriminatory fares, tolls, charges, rents, and other compensation for the use of the public transportation system sufficient to produce revenue, together with tax revenue and grants received by the authority, in an amount adequate to:
(1)pay all the expenses necessary to operate and maintain the public transportation system;
(2)pay when due the principal of and interest on, and sinking fund and reserve fund payments agreed to be made with respect to, all bonds that are issued by the authority and payable in whole or part from the revenue; and
(3)fulfill the terms of any other agreement with the holders of bonds described by Subdivision (2) or with a person acting on behalf of the bondholders.
(b)It is intended by this chapter that the compensation imposed under Subsection (a) and taxes imposed by the authority not exceed the amounts necessary to produce revenue sufficient to meet the obligations of the authority under this chapter.
(c)Compensation for the use of the public transportation system, including parking fees and passenger transportation fares, may be set according to a zone system or to another classification that the authority determines to be reasonable.
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Legislative history
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 48 (S.B. 405), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1129 (S.B. 57), Sec. 7, eff. June 19, 2015. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 155 (S.B. 858), Sec. 2, eff. May 28, 2021.