{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-452.064","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 452.064","heading":"LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM: REGULATORY EXEMPTION.","body":"(a) An authority that constructs or operates or contracts with another entity to construct or operate a light rail mass transit system is not subject to any state law regulating or governing the design, construction, or operation of a railroad, railway, street railway, street car, or interurban railway.\n(b) For purposes of ownership or transfer of ownership of an interest in real property, a light rail mass transit system line operating on property previously used by a railroad, railway, street railway, or interurban railway is a continuation of existing rail use.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE K. MASS TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 452. REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES","SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS OF AUTHORITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.452.htm#452.064","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"82fefa5a9617eda60b8435816d2ff0b2d4a0e8abc29d0343665920e330261898","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-452.063","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-452.065"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}