{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-131.902","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 131.902","heading":"FREIGHT INTERURBAN RAILWAYS.","body":"(a) An entity incorporated as an electric, gas or gasoline, denatured alcohol, or naphtha interurban or motor railway that engages in transporting freight is subject to the control of the department.\n(b) A corporation described by Subsection (a) is not exempt from payment of assessments that may be imposed against it for street improvements.\n(c) An interurban railway described by Subsection (a):\n(1) may exercise the same power of eminent domain as given by law to railroads;\n(2) may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire right-of-way on which to construct its railway lines and sites for depots and power plants;\n(3) has the same rights, powers, and privileges as granted by law to an interurban electric railway company; and\n(4) may acquire, hold, and operate other public utilities in and adjacent to a municipality in or through which the company operates.\n(d) An interurban railway company described by Subsection (a) may not condemn property on which is located a cemetery unless it is affirmatively shown, and found by the court trying the condemnation suit, that:\n(1) it is necessary to take the property; and\n(2) no other route is possible or practicable.\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 D. MISCELLANEOUS RAILROADS","CHAPTER 131. MISCELLANEOUS RAILWAYS","SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.131.htm#131.902","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"125e29ac31fa4d48fce792e2246239fd8c7627d93c446081c4415a36cd1cc69d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-131.901","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-131.903"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}