Texas Statutes
Subchapter F. Public Transit System and Parking Facilities
Section 3805.251. Public Transit System; Petition Required

Sec. 3805.251. PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM; PETITION REQUIRED. (a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain a public transit system to serve the area within the boundaries of the district.
(b) Before the district may act under Subsection (a), a petition must be filed with the district that requests the action with regard to a public transit system. The petition must be signed by owners of property representing a majority of the total assessed value or a majority of the area of the real property in the district that abuts the right-of-way in which the public transit system is proposed to be located. The determination of a majority is based on the property owners along the entire right-of-way of the proposed transit project and may not be computed on a block-by-block basis.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 18.003(g), eff. September 1, 2005.

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