Texas Transportation Code
§ 463.062 — ENFORCEMENT OF FARES AND OTHER CHARGES; PENALTIES
TN § 463.062Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part K. MASS TRANSPORTATION · Ch. 463. REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITIES · Art. B. POWERS OF AUTHORITIES
Statute text
View on source(a)The executive committee 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)The executive committee 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. An offense under this section is:
(1)a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $100; and
(2)not a crime of moral turpitude.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (H.B. 71), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2019.