Texas Transportation Code

§ 471.005 — DISMANTLING OF WARNING SIGNALS AT RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS; OFFENSE

TN § 471.005Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part Z. MISCELLANEOUS ROADWAY PROVISIONS · Ch. 471. RAILROAD AND ROADWAY CROSSINGS

Statute text

(a)A person may not dismantle a warning signal at a grade crossing on an active rail line, as defined by rule of the Texas Department of Transportation, if the cost of the warning signal was originally paid entirely or partly from public money unless the person:

(1)obtains a permit from the governmental entity that maintains the road or highway that intersects the rail line at the grade crossing; and

(2)pays that governmental entity an amount equal to the present salvage value of the warning signal, as determined by the governmental entity.

(b)The governmental entity shall grant the permit if:

(1)payment is received; and

(2)the entity finds that removal of the warning signal will not adversely affect public safety.

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.