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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 453.001. Definitions - Sec. 453.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the...
Section 453.002. Excluded Municipalities - Sec. 453.002. EXCLUDED MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This chapter does not apply...
Section 453.003. Continuing Application of Chapter - Sec. 453.003. CONTINUING APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. The continuation of a...
Subchapter B. Creation and Administration of Transit Department
Section 453.051. Creation of Transit Department - Sec. 453.051. CREATION OF TRANSIT DEPARTMENT. (a) The governing body...
Section 453.052. Administration of Transit Department - Sec. 453.052. ADMINISTRATION OF TRANSIT DEPARTMENT. The board of a...
Section 453.053. Board - Sec. 453.053. BOARD. (a) The board of a transit department...
Section 453.054. Board Meetings - Sec. 453.054. BOARD MEETINGS. (a) The board shall hold at...
Section 453.055. Conflicts of Interest: Transit Department Employees - Sec. 453.055. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: TRANSIT DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES. An employee...
Section 453.056. Transfer of Municipal Resources to Transit Department - Sec. 453.056. TRANSFER OF MUNICIPAL RESOURCES TO TRANSIT DEPARTMENT. (a)...
Section 453.057. Investments - Sec. 453.057. INVESTMENTS. (a) A board may invest transit department...
Section 453.058. Accounts and Deposit of Money; Dedication of Money - Sec. 453.058. ACCOUNTS AND DEPOSIT OF MONEY; DEDICATION OF MONEY....
Section 453.059. Liability of Creating Municipality - Sec. 453.059. LIABILITY OF CREATING MUNICIPALITY. A municipality that creates...
Section 453.060. Prohibition of Consumption of Alcoholic Beverage - Sec. 453.060. PROHIBITION OF CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. (a) A...
Section 453.061. Transportation Disadvantaged - Sec. 453.061. TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED. The board shall consider the interests...
Subchapter C. Powers of Transit Department
Section 453.101. Powers Applicable to Transit Department Having Tax - Sec. 453.101. POWERS APPLICABLE TO TRANSIT DEPARTMENT HAVING TAX. Except...
Section 453.102. Acquiring and Disposing of Property - Sec. 453.102. ACQUIRING AND DISPOSING OF PROPERTY. (a) A transit...
Section 453.103. Transit Department System - Sec. 453.103. TRANSIT DEPARTMENT SYSTEM. (a) A transit department may...
Section 453.104. Fares and Other Charges - Sec. 453.104. FARES AND OTHER CHARGES. (a) The board shall,...
Section 453.105. Agreement With Utilities, Carriers - Sec. 453.105. AGREEMENT WITH UTILITIES, CARRIERS. A transit department may...
Section 453.106. Contracts; Acquisition of Property by Agreement - Sec. 453.106. CONTRACTS; ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY BY AGREEMENT. (a) A...
Section 453.107. Use and Acquisition of Property of Others - Sec. 453.107. USE AND ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY OF OTHERS. (a)...
Section 453.108. Routes - Sec. 453.108. ROUTES. A transit department shall determine each route,...
Section 453.109. Tort Liability and Governmental Immunity - Sec. 453.109. TORT LIABILITY AND GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY. (a) A transit...
Section 453.110. Tax Exemption - Sec. 453.110. TAX EXEMPTION. The assets of a transit department...
Subchapter D. Transit Department Tax Election
Section 453.151. Board to Order Tax Election - Sec. 453.151. BOARD TO ORDER TAX ELECTION. (a) If the...
Section 453.152. Notice of Election - Sec. 453.152. NOTICE OF ELECTION. (a) Notice of the election...
Section 453.153. Ballot Proposition - Sec. 453.153. BALLOT PROPOSITION. At an election under this subchapter,...
Section 453.154. Results of Election - Sec. 453.154. RESULTS OF ELECTION. (a) If a majority of...
Subchapter E. Special Transportation Programs
Section 453.201. Transportation for Jobs Program Participants - Sec. 453.201. TRANSPORTATION FOR JOBS PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. (a) A transit...
Section 453.202. Waiver of Federal Requirements - Sec. 453.202. WAIVER OF FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. If, before implementing Section...
Subchapter G. Bonds
Section 453.301. Definition - Sec. 453.301. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "bond" includes a note....
Section 453.302. Power to Issue Bonds - Sec. 453.302. POWER TO ISSUE BONDS. (a) A transit department...
Section 453.303. Bond Terms - Sec. 453.303. BOND TERMS. (a) A transit department's bonds are...
Section 453.304. Sale - Sec. 453.304. SALE. Bonds may be sold at a public...
Section 453.305. Approval; Registration - Sec. 453.305. APPROVAL; REGISTRATION. (a) A transit department's bonds and...
Section 453.306. Incontestability - Sec. 453.306. INCONTESTABILITY. Bonds are incontestable after they are: (1)...
Section 453.307. Security Pledged - Sec. 453.307. SECURITY PLEDGED. (a) To secure the payment of...
Section 453.308. Pledge of Revenue Limited - Sec. 453.308. PLEDGE OF REVENUE LIMITED. The expenses of operation...
Section 453.309. Refunding Bonds - Sec. 453.309. REFUNDING BONDS. A transit department may issue refunding...
Section 453.310. Bonds as Authorized Investments - Sec. 453.310. BONDS AS AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS. (a) A transit department's...
Section 453.311. Interest Exemption - Sec. 453.311. INTEREST EXEMPTION. Interest on bonds issued by a...
Subchapter H. Taxes
Section 453.401. Sales and Use Tax - Sec. 453.401. SALES AND USE TAX. (a) The board may...
Section 453.402. Maximum Tax Rate - Sec. 453.402. MAXIMUM TAX RATE. (a) A board may not...
Section 453.403. Election to Change Tax Rate - Sec. 453.403. ELECTION TO CHANGE TAX RATE. (a) At an...
Section 453.404. Sales Tax: Effective Dates - Sec. 453.404. SALES TAX: EFFECTIVE DATES. (a) A transit department's...
Subchapter I. Dissolution of Transit Department
Section 453.451. Election to Dissolve Transit Department - Sec. 453.451. ELECTION TO DISSOLVE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT. (a) A board...
Section 453.452. Election Procedures - Sec. 453.452. ELECTION PROCEDURES. (a) The provisions of Subchapter D...
Section 453.453. Ballots; Notice of Election Results - Sec. 453.453. BALLOTS; NOTICE OF ELECTION RESULTS. (a) At the...
Section 453.454. Effective Date of Dissolution - Sec. 453.454. EFFECTIVE DATE OF DISSOLUTION. The repeal of a...