{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-91.102","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 91.102","heading":"CONTRACTS WITH RAIL OPERATORS.","body":"(a) The department may lease all or part of a rail facility or system to a rail operator. The department may contract with a rail operator for the use or operation of all or part of a rail facility or system.\n(b) The department shall encourage to the maximum extent practical the participation of private enterprise in the operation of rail facilities and systems.\n(c) A lease agreement shall provide for the department's monitoring of a rail operator's service and performance.\n(d) The department may enter into an agreement with a rail operator to sell all or any part of state-owned rail facilities on terms the department considers to be in the best interest of the state.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 4.01, eff. June 21, 2003.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 5. RAILROADS","SUBTITLE B. STATE RAIL FACILITIES","CHAPTER 91. RAIL FACILITIES","SUBCHAPTER F. OPERATION AND USE OF RAIL FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.91.htm#91.102","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"7d44c1977a1a57296f6917513c3684a7532dce34af1f2667f43830ce30bbeade","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-91.101","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-91.103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}