{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-173.203","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 173.203","heading":"USE AND ALTERATION OF PROPERTY OF ANOTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.","body":"(a) For a purpose described by Section 173.201, as necessary or useful in the construction, reconstruction, repair, maintenance, and operation of the system, and with the consent of a municipality, county, or other political subdivision, a district may:\n(1) use streets, alleys, roads, highways, and other public ways of the political subdivision; and\n(2) relocate, raise, reroute, change the grade of, or alter, at the district's expense, the construction of a publicly owned or privately owned street, alley, highway, road, railroad, electric line or facility, telegraph or telephone property or facility, pipeline or facility, conduit or facility, and other property.\n(b) A district may not use or alter:\n(1) a road or highway in the state highway system without the permission of the commission; or\n(2) a railroad without permission of the railroad.\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 E. POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF COMMUTER RAIL FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.173.htm#173.203","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"dc116019c6b6c6fc6463aec05eea65e5e2f16ef965c36b967bffcb70b1ca5d2f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-173.202","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-173.204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}