{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-172.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 172.051","heading":"APPLICABILITY.","body":"A county is eligible to create a district as provided by this chapter only if a rail line is located in the county that:\n(1) is being or has been abandoned through a bankruptcy court or Surface Transportation Board proceeding; or\n(2) carries three million gross tons per mile per year or less.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.04, eff. April 1, 2011.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 5. RAILROADS","SUBTITLE I. SPECIAL DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 172. RURAL RAIL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER B. CREATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.172.htm#172.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"598661d2696fcb3cb38982b177c5625f70f71c7e735548b412110b9c51f6d64c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-172.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-172.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}