Tex. Transportation Code § 431.002: PURPOSES; LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.

(a) The purposes of this chapter are:

(1) the promotion and development of public transportation facilities and systems by new and alternative means;

(2) the expansion and improvement of transportation facilities and systems;

(3) the creation of corporations to secure and obtain rights-of-way for urgently needed transportation systems and to assist in the planning and design of those systems;

(4) the reduction of burdens and demands on the limited funds available to the commission and an increase in the effectiveness and efficiency of the commission; and

(5) the promotion and development of transportation facilities and systems that are public, not private, in nature, although these facilities and systems may benefit private interests as well as the public.

(b) This chapter shall be liberally construed to give effect to the purposes of this chapter.

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