Sec. 454.001. AUTHORITY. (a) A municipality may own, purchase, construct, improve, extend, and operate a mass transportation system to carry passengers for hire within the municipality, its suburbs, and adjacent areas.
(b) A municipality, individually or in cooperation with the United States, may:
(1) undertake research, development, and demonstration projects for a mass transportation system in the municipality, its suburbs, and adjacent areas; and
(2) acquire, construct, and improve a facility or equipment for use, by operation, lease, or otherwise, in mass transportation service in those areas on, under, over, along, or across a public street or highway and on real property, an easement, or a right-of-way acquired for that purpose.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle K - Mass Transportation
Chapter 454 - Municipal Mass Transportation Systems
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 454.002. Essential Governmental Functions
Section 454.003. Federal Grants and Loans
Section 454.005. Lease of System
Section 454.007. Use of Revenue to Pay Other Municipal Debts Prohibited
Section 454.008. Records and Accounts