{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-3901.151","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3901.151","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 in the district.\n(b) The board may not act under Subsection (a) unless a written petition requesting the action has been filed with the board.\n(c) The petition must be signed by:\n(1) the owners of property representing a majority of the total assessed value of the real property in the district that abuts the right-of-way in which the public transit system is proposed to be located; or\n(2) the owners of 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.\n(d) For purposes of Subsection (c), 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 calculated on a block-by-block basis.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3842), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.","path":["SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE","TITLE 4. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT","SUBTITLE C. DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVEMENT, AND MANAGEMENT","CHAPTER 3901. BRIDGELAND MANAGEMENT DISTRICT","SUBCHAPTER C-1. PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM AND PARKING FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.3901.htm#3901.151","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"55d6c868afbd07a287c6b7a3e00e8b617a16c7217876d533f6ea5449d027a5fe","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-3901.117","next":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-3901.152"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}