{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-173.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 173.002","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Board\" means a district's board of directors.\n(2) \"Commuter rail facility\" means any property necessary for the transportation of passengers and baggage between locations in a district. The term includes rolling stock, locomotives, stations, parking areas, and rail lines.\n(2-a) \"Commuter rail service\" means the transportation of passengers and baggage by rail between locations in a district.\n(3) \"Creating municipality\" means a municipality described by Section 173.051(a).\n(4) \"Director\" means a board member.\n(5) \"District\" means an intermunicipal commuter rail district created under this chapter or under Article 6550c-1, Revised Statutes, as that article existed before April 1, 2011.\n(6) \"District property\" means property the district owns or leases under a long-term lease.\n(7) \"System\" means all of the commuter rail and intermodal facilities leased or owned by or operated on behalf of a district.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.04, eff. April 1, 2011.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1307 (H.B. 3030), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 5. RAILROADS","SUBTITLE I. SPECIAL DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 173. INTERMUNICIPAL COMMUTER RAIL DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.173.htm#173.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"a35b33c4fe5daa4327c55af15a09235e17e54355f7748d06505b54967aa40351","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-173.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-173.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}