{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-3805.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3805.251","heading":"PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM; PETITION REQUIRED.","body":"(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain a public transit system to serve the area within the boundaries of the district.\n(b) Before the district may act under Subsection (a), a petition must be filed with the district that requests the action with regard to a public transit system. The petition must be signed by owners of property representing a majority of the total assessed value or a majority of the area of the real property in the district that abuts the right-of-way in which the public transit system is proposed to be located. The determination of a majority is based on the property owners along the entire right-of-way of the proposed transit project and may not be computed on a block-by-block basis.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 18.003(g), eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE","TITLE 4. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT","SUBTITLE C. DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVEMENT, AND MANAGEMENT","CHAPTER 3805. HARRIS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 3","SUBCHAPTER F. PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM AND PARKING FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.3805.htm#3805.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"7c9cc654b33deba9d329aa81555b42aba67200f329fe8ca51acaac84c5223791","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-3805.201","next":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-3805.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}