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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 463.001. Definitions - Sec. 463.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Authority" means a...
Section 463.002. Application - Sec. 463.002. APPLICATION. This chapter applies to: (1) a county...
Section 463.003. Municipalities May Provide Transportation Services - Sec. 463.003. MUNICIPALITIES MAY PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. This chapter does...
Subchapter B. Powers of Authorities
Section 463.051. Powers Applicable to Confirmed Authority - Sec. 463.051. POWERS APPLICABLE TO CONFIRMED AUTHORITY. This subchapter applies...
Section 463.052. Nature of Authority - Sec. 463.052. NATURE OF AUTHORITY. (a) An authority: (1) is...
Section 463.053. Responsibility for Control of Authority - Sec. 463.053. RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTROL OF AUTHORITY. Except as provided...
Section 463.054. General Powers of Authority - Sec. 463.054. GENERAL POWERS OF AUTHORITY. (a) An authority has...
Section 463.055. Contracts; Grants and Loans - Sec. 463.055. CONTRACTS; GRANTS AND LOANS. (a) An authority may...
Section 463.056. Operation of Public Transportation System - Sec. 463.056. OPERATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. (a) An authority...
Section 463.057. Acquisition of Property by Agreement - Sec. 463.057. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY BY AGREEMENT. An authority may...
Section 463.058. Use and Acquisition of Property of Others - Sec. 463.058. USE AND ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY OF OTHERS. (a)...
Section 463.059. Eminent Domain Proceedings - Sec. 463.059. EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS. (a) An eminent domain proceeding...
Section 463.060. Agreement With Utilities; Carriers - Sec. 463.060. AGREEMENT WITH UTILITIES; CARRIERS. An authority may agree...
Section 463.061. Fares and Other Charges - Sec. 463.061. FARES AND OTHER CHARGES. (a) An authority shall...
Section 463.062. Enforcement of Fares and Other Charges; Penalties - Sec. 463.062. ENFORCEMENT OF FARES AND OTHER CHARGES; PENALTIES. (a)...
Section 463.063. Fare Enforcement Officers - Sec. 463.063. FARE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. (a) An authority may employ...
Section 463.064. Enforcement of High Occupancy Vehicle Lane Usage - Sec. 463.064. ENFORCEMENT OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE USAGE. (a)...
Section 463.065. Insurance - Sec. 463.065. INSURANCE. (a) An authority may insure, through purchased...
Section 463.066. Tax Exemption - Sec. 463.066. TAX EXEMPTION. The property, revenue, and income of...
Section 463.067. Continuation of Existing Rail Use - Sec. 463.067. CONTINUATION OF EXISTING RAIL USE. For purposes of...
Section 463.068. Elections - Sec. 463.068. ELECTIONS. (a) In an election ordered by the...
Section 463.069. Additional Fee - Sec. 463.069. ADDITIONAL FEE. (a) In addition to a toll...
Subchapter C. Management of Authority
Section 463.101. Powers and Authority of Executive Committee - Sec. 463.101. POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. (a) The...
Section 463.102. Investments - Sec. 463.102. INVESTMENTS. The executive committee shall invest authority funds...
Section 463.103. Depository; Deposit of Funds - Sec. 463.103. DEPOSITORY; DEPOSIT OF FUNDS. (a) The executive committee...
Section 463.104. Chief Executive Officer: Duties - Sec. 463.104. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: DUTIES. (a) The general manager...
Section 463.105. Rules - Sec. 463.105. RULES. (a) The executive committee by resolution may...
Section 463.1055. Procurement Rules - Sec. 463.1055. PROCUREMENT RULES. (a) The executive committee may adopt...
Section 463.106. Purchases: Competitive Bidding - Sec. 463.106. PURCHASES: COMPETITIVE BIDDING. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 463.107. Duration of Contracts - Sec. 463.107. DURATION OF CONTRACTS. An authority may contract for...
Section 463.108. Security - Sec. 463.108. SECURITY. The executive committee may establish a security...
Section 463.109. Budget Recommendations - Sec. 463.109. BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. The executive committee shall make a...
Section 463.110. Financial Audits - Sec. 463.110. FINANCIAL AUDITS. (a) The executive committee of an...
Subchapter D. Station or Terminal Complex Systems
Section 463.151. Station or Terminal Complex: System Plan - Sec. 463.151. STATION OR TERMINAL COMPLEX: SYSTEM PLAN. (a) An...
Section 463.152. Station or Terminal Complex: Facilities - Sec. 463.152. STATION OR TERMINAL COMPLEX: FACILITIES. A station or...
Section 463.153. Station or Terminal Complex: Location - Sec. 463.153. STATION OR TERMINAL COMPLEX: LOCATION. An authority shall...
Section 463.1535. Approval of Municipality - Sec. 463.1535. APPROVAL OF MUNICIPALITY. The location of a station...
Section 463.154. Transfer of Real Property in Station or Terminal Complex - Sec. 463.154. TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY IN STATION OR TERMINAL...
Subchapter E. Bonds
Section 463.201. Definition - Sec. 463.201. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "bond" includes a note....
Section 463.202. Power to Issue Bonds - Sec. 463.202. POWER TO ISSUE BONDS. (a) An authority may...
Section 463.203. Bond Terms - Sec. 463.203. BOND TERMS. (a) An authority's bonds are fully...
Section 463.204. Sale - Sec. 463.204. SALE. An authority's bonds may be sold at...
Section 463.205. Approval; Registration - Sec. 463.205. APPROVAL; REGISTRATION. (a) An authority's bonds and the...
Section 463.206. Incontestability - Sec. 463.206. INCONTESTABILITY. Bonds are incontestable after they are: (1)...
Section 463.207. Security Pledged - Sec. 463.207. SECURITY PLEDGED. (a) To secure the payment of...
Section 463.208. Use of Revenue - Sec. 463.208. USE OF REVENUE. Revenue in excess of amounts...
Section 463.209. Refunding Bonds - Sec. 463.209. REFUNDING BONDS. An authority may issue refunding bonds...
Section 463.210. Bonds as Authorized Investments - Sec. 463.210. BONDS AS AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS. (a) An authority's bonds...
Section 463.211. Exchange of Bonds for Existing System - Sec. 463.211. EXCHANGE OF BONDS FOR EXISTING SYSTEM. An authority's...
Section 463.212. Tax Exemption - Sec. 463.212. TAX EXEMPTION. The interest on bonds issued by...
Subchapter F. Executive Committee
Section 463.251. Composition - Sec. 463.251. COMPOSITION. (a) The executive committee of an authority...
Section 463.252. Officers - Sec. 463.252. OFFICERS. (a) The officers elected by the board...
Section 463.253. Conflicts of Interest - Sec. 463.253. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Members of the executive committee...
Section 463.254. Meetings - Sec. 463.254. MEETINGS. (a) The executive committee shall hold at...
Section 463.255. Voting Requirements - Sec. 463.255. VOTING REQUIREMENTS. A majority of the members of...
Subchapter G. Creation of Authorities
Section 463.301. Creation of Authority Authorized - Sec. 463.301. CREATION OF AUTHORITY AUTHORIZED. The board of directors...
Section 463.302. Initiating Order or Resolution: Contents - Sec. 463.302. INITIATING ORDER OR RESOLUTION: CONTENTS. To initiate the...
Section 463.303. Notice of Hearing - Sec. 463.303. NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) Notice of the time...
Section 463.304. Conduct of Hearing - Sec. 463.304. CONDUCT OF HEARING. (a) The board of directors...
Section 463.305. Resolution or Order - Sec. 463.305. RESOLUTION OR ORDER. (a) After hearing the evidence...
Section 463.306. Interim Executive Committee - Sec. 463.306. INTERIM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. (a) The interim executive committee...
Section 463.307. Approval of Service Plan - Sec. 463.307. APPROVAL OF SERVICE PLAN. Not later than the...
Section 463.308. Notice of Intent to Call Election - Sec. 463.308. NOTICE OF INTENT TO CALL ELECTION. After approval...
Section 463.309. Confirmation Election - Sec. 463.309. CONFIRMATION ELECTION. The interim executive committee in calling...
Section 463.310. Conduct of Election - Sec. 463.310. CONDUCT OF ELECTION. The interim executive committee shall...
Section 463.311. Results of Election; Order - Sec. 463.311. RESULTS OF ELECTION; ORDER. (a) The authority is...
Section 463.312. Effect of Creation on Commuter Rail District - Sec. 463.312. EFFECT OF CREATION ON COMMUTER RAIL DISTRICT. On...
Section 463.313. Cost of Election - Sec. 463.313. COST OF ELECTION. The board of directors described...
Section 463.314. Expiration of Unconfirmed Authority - Sec. 463.314. EXPIRATION OF UNCONFIRMED AUTHORITY. An authority that has...