Texas § TN.457.001 - DEFINITIONS
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§ TN.457.001. DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Authority" means a mass transit authority created under this chapter or former Article 1118z-1, Revised Statutes. (2) "Board" means the governing body of an authority. (3) "Bond" includes a note. (4) "Mass transit" means the transportation of passengers and hand-carried packages or baggage of a passenger by any means of surface, overhead, or underground transportation, other than an aircraft or taxicab. (5) "Principal municipality" means the municipality of greatest population in a county to which this chapter applies. (6) "Transit authority system" means: (A) property owned or held by an authority for mass transit purposes; and (B) facilities necessary or convenient for: (i) the use of or access to mass transit by persons or vehicles; or (ii) the protection or environmental enhancement of mass transit. (7) "Unit of election" means a municipality, including the principal municipality, or the unincorporated area of a county. (8) "Transportation disadvantaged" has the meaning assigned by Section 451.001 . Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.35(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1038, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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