Sec. 458.009. URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICTS. (a) A public transportation provider that on September 1, 1994, was not receiving public transportation money through the department may contract with the department to provide small urban public transportation services and receive state or federal public transportation money through the department, the Federal Transit Administration, or the administration's successor only if the provider becomes an urban transit district as provided by this section.
(b) The public transportation provider must be:
(1) a local governmental body created under Chapter 791, Government Code; or
(2) a political subdivision of this state.
(c) The governing body of the provider may by resolution create a small urban transit district to serve the general public.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.36(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle K - Mass Transportation
Chapter 458 - Rural and Urban Transit Districts
Section 458.002. Contracts With Department for Provision of Rural Public Transportation Services
Section 458.003. Rural Public Transportation Conference
Section 458.004. Attendance at Conference
Section 458.005. Public Hearing on Creation of Rural Transportation District; Notice
Section 458.006. Governing Body of Rural Transit District
Section 458.007. Unserved Rural Areas May Join Rural Transit District
Section 458.008. Merger of Rural Transit Districts
Section 458.009. Urban Transit Districts
Section 458.010. General Powers of Rural Transit Districts
Section 458.011. Additional Powers of Rural or Urban Transit District