{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-111.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 111.002","heading":"POWER AND AUTHORITY.","body":"To the extent not preempted by federal law, the department:\n(1) has power and authority over:\n(A) railroads, including suburban, belt, and terminal railroads;\n(B) public wharves, docks, piers, elevators, warehouses, sheds, tracks, and other property used in connection with railroads; and\n(C) persons, associations, and private or municipal corporations that own or operate a railroad, or a wharf, dock, pier, elevator, warehouse, shed, track, or other property used in connection with a railroad; and\n(2) shall govern and regulate those railroads, persons, associations, and corporations and prevent abuses in the conduct of their business.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 5. RAILROADS","SUBTITLE C. RAILROADS GENERALLY","CHAPTER 111. REGULATION BY TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.111.htm#111.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"def852ebb00d565c39b8270adaaea2f12db1fc2822ec5d1b077e6faff004c10a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-111.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-111.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}