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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Transportation Code § 173.002: DEFINITIONS.

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  1. TRANSPORTATION CODE
  2. TITLE 5. RAILROADS
  3. SUBTITLE I. SPECIAL DISTRICTS
  4. CHAPTER 173. INTERMUNICIPAL COMMUTER RAIL DISTRICTS
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means a district's board of directors.

(2) "Commuter rail facility" means any property necessary for the transportation of passengers and baggage between locations in a district. The term includes rolling stock, locomotives, stations, parking areas, and rail lines.

(2-a) "Commuter rail service" means the transportation of passengers and baggage by rail between locations in a district.

(3) "Creating municipality" means a municipality described by Section 173.051(a).

(4) "Director" means a board member.

(5) "District" means an intermunicipal commuter rail district created under this chapter or under Article 6550c-1, Revised Statutes, as that article existed before April 1, 2011.

(6) "District property" means property the district owns or leases under a long-term lease.

(7) "System" means all of the commuter rail and intermodal facilities leased or owned by or operated on behalf of a district.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.04, eff. April 1, 2011.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1307 (H.B. 3030), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.

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