{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-173.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 173.051","heading":"CREATION OF DISTRICT.","body":"(a) A district may be created to provide commuter rail service between two municipalities:\n(1) each of which has a population of more than 450,000; and\n(2) that are located not farther than 100 miles apart as determined by the department.\n(b) The creating municipalities and the counties in which the creating municipalities are located may create a district on passage of a resolution favoring creation by the governing body of each municipality or county.\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 173. INTERMUNICIPAL COMMUTER RAIL DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER B. CREATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.173.htm#173.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"a694b0ed9e1c006e03591e423a58cca11ab29d87a57dffe0f0baf5063378b156","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-173.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-173.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}