Texas Transportation Code

§ 460.112 — MASS TRANSIT RAIL SYSTEM; EXEMPTION

TN § 460.112Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part K. MASS TRANSPORTATION · Ch. 460. COORDINATED COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES · Art. C. POWERS OF AUTHORITY

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(a)An authority that constructs or operates or contracts with another entity to construct or operate a mass transit rail system is not subject to any state law regulating or governing the design, construction, or operation of a railroad, railway, street railway, streetcar, or interurban railway.

(b)For purposes of ownership or transfer of ownership of an interest in real property, a light rail mass transit system line operating on property previously used by a railroad, railway, street railway, or interurban railway is a continuation of existing rail use.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1186, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.