Texas Transportation Code

§ 458.012 — OPERATION OF LOCAL PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION IN RURAL TRANSIT DISTRICT PROHIBITED

TN § 458.012Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part K. MASS TRANSPORTATION · Ch. 458. RURAL AND URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICTS

Statute text

(a)From the effective date a rural transit district begins providing a public transportation service, another person or private corporation may not operate a local public passenger transportation service in the rural transit district, except as provided by Subsection (b).

(b)Subsection (a) does not apply to:

(1)the operation of:

(A)a taxicab; or

(B)a bus owned or operated by a corporation or organization exclusively for a purpose of the corporation or organization and for the use of which a fee or fare is not charged;

(2)an intercity passenger rail service;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.36(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.