{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-112.056","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 112.056","heading":"CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY FOR CERTAIN ROADS.","body":"(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a corporation created to build, maintain, and operate a line of railroads to a mine, gin, quarry, manufacturing plant, or mill may acquire by condemnation land necessary for the right-of-way for a road connecting the mine, gin, quarry, manufacturing plant, or mill to the nearest line of railroad.\n(b) The corporation may condemn property under this section only if the corporation declares itself a common carrier and its railroads public highways, placing the road under the control of the department.\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 112. POWERS AND DUTIES OF RAILROADS","SUBCHAPTER B. ACQUISITION AND USE OF PROPERTY BY RAILROAD OR OF RAILROAD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.112.htm#112.056","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"23352af82a34b2d0704672816df801b2f18b3ec0a68effc8fa63c2bc5c10e1dc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-112.055","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-112.057"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}