Bill Text: TX HB1889 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the authorization of the construction of an electric railway on or across a street, alley, square, or property of a county or municipality.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-23 - Left pending in committee [HB1889 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1889-Introduced.html

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84R9624 JTS-D
By: Metcalf H.B. No. 1889

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authorization of the construction of an electric
railway on or across a street, alley, square, or property of a
county or municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 131.011, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 131.011. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "interurban
electric railway company" means a corporation chartered under the
laws of this state to conduct and operate an electric railway,
including a railway operated by overhead catenary wires that is
capable of operating at speeds greater than 100 miles per hour,
between two municipalities in this state.
SECTION 2. Section 131.014(d), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) A corporation described by Section 131.012 may not
construct [This section does not authorize the construction of] an
electric railway on or across a street, alley, square, or property
of a county or municipality unless the construction is approved by
the governing body of the county or municipality, as applicable
[without the consent of the governing body of the municipality].
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.