Texas Transportation Code

§ 460.1041 — LIABILITY LIMITED FOR RAIL SERVICES UNDER CERTAIN AGREEMENTS

TN § 460.1041Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part K. MASS TRANSPORTATION · Ch. 460. COORDINATED COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES · Art. C. POWERS OF AUTHORITY

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(a)This section applies only to public passenger rail services provided:

(1)under an agreement between an authority created before January 1, 2005, and a railroad for the provision of public passenger rail services through the use of the railroad's facilities; and

(2)on freight rail lines and rail rights-of-way that are:

(A)located in the Interstate 35W/Interstate 35 corridor; or

(B)a northern extension of existing passenger rail service provided by the authority in the Interstate 35E corridor.

(b)The aggregate liability of an authority and a railroad that enter into an agreement to provide public passenger rail services, and the governing boards, directors, officers, employees, and agents of the authority and railroad, may not exceed $125 million for all claims for damages arising from a single incident involving the provision of public passenger rail services under the agreement.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 114 (S.B. 678), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.