{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-453.103","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 453.103","heading":"TRANSIT DEPARTMENT SYSTEM.","body":"(a) A transit department may in the municipality creating the transit department:\n(1) acquire, construct, own, operate, and maintain a transit department system;\n(2) use any public way; and\n(3) construct, repair, and maintain a municipal street, as authorized by the governing body of the municipality.\n(b) In the exercise of a power under Subsection (a), a transit department may relocate or reroute, or alter the construction of, any public or private property, including:\n(1) an alley, road, street, or railroad;\n(2) an electric line and facility;\n(3) a telegraph and telephone property and facility;\n(4) a pipeline and facility; and\n(5) a conduit and facility.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE K. MASS TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 453. MUNICIPAL TRANSIT DEPARTMENTS","SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS OF TRANSIT DEPARTMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.453.htm#453.103","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"4fe193e1076800746130eed7d968ec889036727cb21dc2e7d51c2f291ec5fdbb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-453.102","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-453.104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}