{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-172.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 172.055","heading":"AUTOMATIC ASSUMPTION OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AFTER CREATION BY CERTAIN DISTRICTS.","body":"A district created or re-created under Section 172.052 automatically assumes any obligation of a contract executed by the district or a predecessor district that is in force on the date of the creation or re-creation unless the contract expressly expires on the date of dissolution or re-creation of the district that executed the contract.\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#172.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"af7a93f000c26d8c599d37c2e89cd7d05fee873da3974611752439c2c55fea45","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-172.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-172.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}