Texas Transportation Code
§ 460.1091 — ENFORCEMENT OF FARES AND OTHER CHARGES; PENALTIES
TN § 460.1091Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part K. MASS TRANSPORTATION · Ch. 460. COORDINATED COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES · Art. C. POWERS OF AUTHORITY
Statute text
View on source(a)A board of directors by resolution may prohibit the use of the public transportation system by a person without payment of the appropriate fare for the use of the system and may establish reasonable and appropriate methods to ensure that persons using the public transportation system pay the appropriate fare for that use.
(b)A board of directors by resolution may provide that a fare for or charge for the use of the public transportation system that is not paid incurs a reasonable administrative fee.
(c)An authority shall post signs designating each area in which a person is prohibited from using the transportation system without payment of the appropriate fare.
(d)A person commits an offense if the person or another for whom the person is criminally responsible under Section 7.02, Penal Code, uses the public transportation system without paying the appropriate fare.
(e)If the person fails to provide proof that the person paid the appropriate fare for the use of the public transportation system and fails to pay any administrative fee assessed under Subsection (b) on or before the 30th day after the date the authority notifies the person that the person is required to pay the amount of the fare and the administrative fee, it is prima facie evidence that the person used the public transportation system without paying the appropriate fare.
(f)The notice required by Subsection (e) may be included in a citation issued to the person by a peace officer under Article 14.06, Code of Criminal Procedure, or by a fare enforcement officer under Section 460.1092, in connection with an offense relating to the nonpayment of the appropriate fare for the use of the public transportation system.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (S.B. 1422), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.