Texas § SD.3878.151 - PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM
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§ SD.3878.151. PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM
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) The board may not act under Subsection (a) unless a written petition requesting the action has been filed with the board. (c) The petition must be signed by: (1) the owners of property representing a majority of the total assessed value of the real property in the district that abuts the right-of-way in which the public transit system is proposed to be located; or (2) the owners of 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. (d) For purposes of Subsection (c), 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 calculated on a block-by-block basis. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1068 (H.B. 4722 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
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Section SD.3878.151 ("PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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