Bill Text: TX SB1990 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the powers of certain freight rail districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective immediately [SB1990 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1990-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the powers of certain freight rail districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective immediately [SB1990 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1990-Comm_Sub.html
87R25662 JXC-F | ||
By: Miles | S.B. No. 1990 | |
(Thierry) | ||
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1990: No. |
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relating to the powers of certain freight rail districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 171.053, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 171.053. INTERMUNICIPAL COMMUTER RAIL DISTRICT POWERS | ||
AND ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. The governing bodies of the | ||
county or counties and of the most populous municipality in the most | ||
populous county may provide that the district: | ||
(1) may exercise the powers of an intermunicipal | ||
commuter rail district created under Chapter 173 or former Article | ||
6550c-1, Revised Statutes, including the powers related to a | ||
commuter rail facility and other types of passenger rail services, | ||
including intercity rail services, by specifying in the concurrent | ||
order or ordinance creating the district that those powers may be | ||
exercised by the district; and | ||
(2) may provide advanced transportation, as defined by | ||
Section 451.701, by specifying in the concurrent order or ordinance | ||
creating the district that the district may provide those services. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2021. |