{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-174.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 174.051","heading":"CREATION OF DISTRICT.","body":"(a) A district may be created to provide commuter rail service to counties along the Texas-Mexico border.\n(b) The commissioners court of a county may create a commuter rail district on adoption of an order favoring the creation.\n(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), a district may not be created in the boundaries of a regional transit authority under Chapter 463.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.04, eff. April 1, 2011.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (H.B. 71), Sec. 2, eff. May 24, 2019.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 5. RAILROADS","SUBTITLE I. SPECIAL DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 174. COMMUTER RAIL DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER B. CREATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.174.htm#174.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"c220a1e14c4573462f939a6a9afa47ef68d55c21d8d809a0174743f0be0692ce","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-174.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-174.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}