Sec. 172.202. USE AND ALTERATION OF PROPERTY OF ANOTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. For a purpose described by Section 172.201, as necessary or useful in the construction, reconstruction, repair, maintenance, and operation of rail facilities, and subject to a grant previously secured or with the consent of a municipality, county, or other political subdivision, a district may:
(1) use streets, alleys, roads, highways, and other public ways of the political subdivision; and
(2) relocate, raise, reroute, change the grade of, or alter, at the district's expense, the construction of a publicly owned or privately owned street, alley, highway, road, railroad, electric line or facility, telegraph or telephone property or facility, pipeline or facility, conduit or facility, and other property.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.04, eff. April 1, 2011.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle I - Special Districts
Chapter 172 - Rural Rail Transportation Districts
Section 172.201. General Authority Over Rail Facilities
Section 172.202. Use and Alteration of Property of Another Political Subdivision
Section 172.203. Rules Governing System; Routings
Section 172.204. Acquisition of Property
Section 172.205. Powers Relating to District Property
Section 172.206. Acquisition of Rolling Stock and Other Property
Section 172.207. Compensation for Use of System Facilities
Section 172.208. Operation or Use Contracts
Section 172.209. Rail Transportation Services Agreements With Other Political Subdivisions
Section 172.210. Abandonment of Rail Line
Section 172.211. Other Powers of County, District, and Navigation District