Texas Transportation Code

§ 454.001 — AUTHORITY

TN § 454.001Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part K. MASS TRANSPORTATION · Ch. 454. MUNICIPAL MASS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)A municipality may own, purchase, construct, improve, extend, and operate a mass transportation system to carry passengers for hire within the municipality, its suburbs, and adjacent areas.

(b)A municipality, individually or in cooperation with the United States, may:

(1)undertake research, development, and demonstration projects for a mass transportation system in the municipality, its suburbs, and adjacent areas; and

(2)acquire, construct, and improve a facility or equipment for use, by operation, lease, or otherwise, in mass transportation service in those areas on, under, over, along, or across a public street or highway and on real property, an easement, or a right-of-way acquired for that purpose.

Legislative history

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