{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-311.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 311.052","heading":"REGULATION OF RAILROAD BY TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.","body":"The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may:\n(1) direct and control the location and construction of railroad tracks, turnouts, and switches and prohibit the construction of those facilities in a street or alley, unless that action has been authorized by law;\n(2) require that railroad tracks, turnouts, and switches be constructed in a way that interferes as little as possible with the ordinary use of a street or alley and that leaves sufficient space on each side of the tracks for the safe and convenient passage of vehicles and people;\n(3) require a railroad company to keep in repair the street or alley on which their tracks are located;\n(4) order a railroad company to construct and keep in repair a crossing at the place where the company's tracks intersect a street or alley;\n(5) require a railroad company to construct and keep in repair a ditch, sewer, or culvert;\n(6) direct or prohibit the use of or regulate the speed of a locomotive in the municipality; or\n(7) direct and control the location of railroad depots in the municipality.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE E. MUNICIPAL STREETS","CHAPTER 311. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO MUNICIPAL STREETS","SUBCHAPTER C. AUTHORITY RELATING TO RAIL TRANSPORTATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.311.htm#311.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"5b220daf243bedc2ea867122a993c8608b6f81dee7633df30c00659dc297a5a6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-311.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-311.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}