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TX Transp Code § 460.603 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 460 - Coordinated County Transportation Authorities|Subchapter I. Participation in Authority Through Tax Increment Payments|Section 460.603. Designation of Public Transportation Financing Area

Sec. 460.603.  DESIGNATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FINANCING AREA.  The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may designate a contiguous geographic area in the jurisdiction of the municipality to be a public transportation financing area.  The geographic area:(1)  must have one or more transit facilities that include a structure provided for or on behalf of the authority for embarkation on and disembarkation from public transportation services provided by the authority, which may include a transit stop, transit shelter, transit garage, or transit terminal;(2)  may include any territory located in the municipality's jurisdiction; and(3)  must include an area one-half mile on either side of the proposed service route served by a structure under Subdivision (1), to the extent that that area is included in the municipality's boundaries.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (S.B. 1422), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 460.604 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 460 - Coordinated County Transportation Authorities|Subchapter I. Participation in Authority Through Tax Increment Payments|Section 460.604. Hearing

Sec. 460.604.  HEARING.  (a)  Before adopting an ordinance designating a public transportation financing area, the municipality must hold a public hearing on the creation of the public transportation financing area and its benefits to the municipality and to property in the proposed public transportation financing area.  At the hearing, an interested person may speak for or against the designation of the public transportation financing area.(b)  Not later than the 30th day before the date of the hearing, notice of the hearing must be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (S.B. 1422), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 460.605 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 460 - Coordinated County Transportation Authorities|Subchapter I. Participation in Authority Through Tax Increment Payments|Section 460.605. Designation of Tax Increment

Sec. 460.605.  DESIGNATION OF TAX INCREMENT.  (a)  In the ordinance designating an area as a public transportation financing area, the municipality must:(1)  designate a portion or amount of the tax increment to be paid to the authority and deposited in the tax increment account under Section 460.606; and(2)  state whether the tax increment will be generated from ad valorem tax revenue, sales and use tax revenue, or both.(b)  The amount designated for payment and deposit may not exceed the equivalent of the amount that would be collected by the authority if the municipality had authorized the authority's sales and use tax levy.(c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), if the amount designated under Subsection (b) is not sufficient to compensate the authority for the maintenance and operating expenses of providing service to the public transportation financing area and for any capital cost incurred for the benefit of the public transportation financing area, the authority may request and the municipality shall designate that the entire portion or amount of the tax increment be deposited in the tax increment account, regardless of whether that amount exceeds the authority's sales and use tax levy equivalent, until any amounts owed for all previous years' maintenance and operating expenses and for any capital cost incurred for the benefit of the public transportation financing area have been paid.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (S.B. 1422), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 460.606 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 460 - Coordinated County Transportation Authorities|Subchapter I. Participation in Authority Through Tax Increment Payments|Section 460.606. Tax Increment Account; Use of Taxes

Sec. 460.606.  TAX INCREMENT ACCOUNT; USE OF TAXES.  (a)  An authority that enters into an agreement with a municipality to provide services to a public transportation financing area must establish a tax increment account and maintain the account as a fiduciary of the municipality.(b)  The taxes to be deposited into the tax increment account may be disbursed from the account only to:(1)  compensate the authority for maintenance and operating expenses of providing services to the public transportation financing area, including compensation for expansion, improvement, rehabilitation, or enhancement amounts owed for previous years' maintenance and operating expenses for the public transportation financing area;(2)  compensate the authority for any capital cost incurred for the benefit of the public transportation financing area;(3)  notwithstanding Section 321.506, Tax Code, satisfy claims of holders of tax increment bonds, notes, or other obligations issued or incurred for projects or services that directly or indirectly benefit the public transportation financing area through the expansion, improvement, rehabilitation, or enhancement of transportation service by the authority under the service plan; and(4)  pay any capital recovery fee required by the authority.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (S.B. 1422), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 460.607 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 460 - Coordinated County Transportation Authorities|Subchapter I. Participation in Authority Through Tax Increment Payments|Section 460.607. Agreement With Comptroller

Sec. 460.607.  AGREEMENT WITH COMPTROLLER.  Before pledging or otherwise committing money in the tax increment account under Section 460.606, the governing body of a municipality must enter into an agreement under Subchapter E, Chapter 271, Local Government Code, to authorize and direct the comptroller to:(1)  withhold from any payment to which the municipality may be entitled the amount of the payment due to the tax increment account;(2)  deposit that amount into the tax increment account; and(3)  continue withholding and making additional payments into the tax increment account until an amount sufficient to satisfy the amount due to the account has been met.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (S.B. 1422), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 460.608 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 460 - Coordinated County Transportation Authorities|Subchapter I. Participation in Authority Through Tax Increment Payments|Section 460.608. Accounting of Maintenance and Operating Expenses

Sec. 460.608.  ACCOUNTING OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING EXPENSES.  An authority shall, under an agreement under Section 460.602:(1)  provide to the municipality an annual accounting, with supporting documentation, of the annual maintenance and operating expenses of providing service to the public transportation financing area; and(2)  notify the municipality when amounts owed for all previous years' maintenance and operating expenses and for any capital cost incurred for the benefit of the public transportation financing area have been fully paid.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (S.B. 1422), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 460.609 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 460 - Coordinated County Transportation Authorities|Subchapter I. Participation in Authority Through Tax Increment Payments|Section 460.609. Capital Recovery Fee

Sec. 460.609.  CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE.  An agreement to provide services to a public transportation financing area may require the municipality to pay the authority a capital recovery fee.  An authority that requires a capital recovery fee shall:(1)  apply toward the amount owed for the capital recovery fee any amount in the tax increment account that exceeds the amount necessary to compensate the authority for:(A)  the annual maintenance and operating expenses of providing service to the public transportation financing area, including amounts for expansion, improvement, rehabilitation, or enhancement that may be owed for previous years' maintenance and operating expenses; and(B)  any capital cost incurred for the benefit of the public transportation financing area; and(2)  notify the municipality when the amount owed for the capital recovery fee has been fully paid.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (S.B. 1422), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 460.610 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 460 - Coordinated County Transportation Authorities|Subchapter I. Participation in Authority Through Tax Increment Payments|Section 460.610. Use of Surplus Tax Increment Payment Amounts

Sec. 460.610.  USE OF SURPLUS TAX INCREMENT PAYMENT AMOUNTS.  After any applicable capital recovery fee has been paid, the authority and the municipality shall negotiate to determine use of the amount of tax increment payments that exceeds the amount necessary to compensate the authority for the annual maintenance and operating expenses of providing service to the public transportation financing area.  The excess amounts may be used to develop infrastructure enhancement, replacement, or improvement projects in the public transportation financing area that benefit both the municipality and the authority.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (S.B. 1422), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 460.611 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 460 - Coordinated County Transportation Authorities|Subchapter I. Participation in Authority Through Tax Increment Payments|Section 460.611. Termination of Public Transportation Financing Area

Sec. 460.611.  TERMINATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FINANCING AREA.  If the tax increment is pledged to the payment of bonds and interest on the bonds or to the payment of any other obligations, the public transportation financing area or an agreement for services under Section 460.602 may not be terminated by agreement of the parties unless the municipality that created the public transportation financing area deposits or causes to be deposited with a trustee or other escrow agent authorized by law funds in an amount that, together with the interest on the investment of the funds in direct obligations of the United States, will be sufficient to pay:(1)  the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all bonds issued on behalf of the public transportation financing area at maturity or at the date fixed for redemption of the bonds; and(2)  any other amounts that may become due, including compensation due or to become due to the trustee or escrow agent, as well as to pay the principal of and interest on any other obligations incurred on behalf of the public transportation financing area.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (S.B. 1422), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 463.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 463 - Regional Transit Authorities|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 463.001. Definitions

Sec. 463.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Authority" means a regional transit authority created under this chapter.(2)  "Complementary transportation services" includes:(A)  special transportation services for a person who is elderly or has a disability;(B)  medical transportation services;(C)  assistance in street modifications as necessary to accommodate the public transportation system;(D)  construction of new general aviation facilities or renovation or purchase of existing facilities not served by certificated air carriers to relieve air traffic congestion at existing facilities;  and(E)  any other service that complements the public transportation system, including providing parking garages.(3)  "Executive committee" means the authority directors who serve as the governing body of the authority.(4)  "Mass transit system" means a system constructed by an authority for 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.  The term includes a rail system and services coordinated with a transit system operated by a municipality.(5)  "Public transportation system" means:(A)  all property owned or held by an authority for public transportation service purposes;(B)  real property, facilities, and equipment for the protection and environmental enhancement of all the facilities; and(C)  property held:(i)  in accordance with a contract with the owner making the property subject to the control of or regulation by the authority; and(ii)  for public transportation service purposes.(6)  "Regional high capacity transit" means intercity transit service designed to transport more people than typical, local fixed-route bus service by using dedicated lanes or rights-of-way or by having transit priority, including queue jumps or traffic signal priority. The term includes bus rapid transit, light rail, commuter rail, streetcars, high occupancy toll lanes, or other fixed guideway operations.(7)  "Service plan" means an outline of the service that would be provided by the authority to counties if confirmed at an election.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (H.B. 71), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Transp Code § 463.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 463 - Regional Transit Authorities|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 463.002. Application

Sec. 463.002.  APPLICATION.  This chapter applies to:(1)  a county that is contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet opening into the gulf and that borders the United Mexican States; and(2)  a county that borders a county described by Subdivision (1).|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (H.B. 71), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Transp Code § 463.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 463 - Regional Transit Authorities|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 463.003. Municipalities May Provide Transportation Services

Sec. 463.003.  MUNICIPALITIES MAY PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.  This chapter does not prohibit a municipality from providing public transportation services.  An authority may coordinate the provision of services with the municipality and include the services provided by the municipality in the authority's service plan.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (H.B. 71), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Transp Code § 463.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 463 - Regional Transit Authorities|Subchapter B. Powers of Authorities|Section 463.051. Powers Applicable to Confirmed Authority

Sec. 463.051.  POWERS APPLICABLE TO CONFIRMED AUTHORITY.  This subchapter applies only to an authority that has been confirmed.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (H.B. 71), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Transp Code § 463.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 463 - Regional Transit Authorities|Subchapter B. Powers of Authorities|Section 463.052. Nature of Authority

Sec. 463.052.  NATURE OF AUTHORITY.  (a)  An authority:(1)  is a public political entity and corporate body;(2)  has perpetual succession; and(3)  exercises public and essential governmental functions.(b)  The exercise of a power granted by this chapter, including a power relating to a station or terminal complex, is for a public purpose and is a matter of public necessity.(c)  An authority is a governmental unit under Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and the operations of the authority are not proprietary functions for any purpose including the application of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (H.B. 71), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Transp Code § 463.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 463 - Regional Transit Authorities|Subchapter B. Powers of Authorities|Section 463.053. Responsibility for Control of Authority

Sec. 463.053.  RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTROL OF AUTHORITY.  Except as provided by Section 463.104, the executive committee is responsible for the management, operation, and control of an authority and its property.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (H.B. 71), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Transp Code § 463.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 463 - Regional Transit Authorities|Subchapter B. Powers of Authorities|Section 463.054. General Powers of Authority

Sec. 463.054.  GENERAL POWERS OF AUTHORITY.  (a)  An authority has any power necessary or convenient to carry out this chapter or to effect a purpose of this chapter.(b)  An authority may sue and be sued.  An authority may not be required to give security for costs in a suit brought or prosecuted by the authority and may not be required to give a supersedeas or cost bond in an appeal of a judgment.(c)  An authority may hold, use, sell, lease, dispose of, and acquire, by any means, property and licenses, patents, rights, and other interests necessary, convenient, or useful to the exercise of any power under this chapter.(d)  An authority may sell, lease, or dispose of in another manner:(1)  any right, interest, or property of the authority that is not needed for, or, if a lease, is inconsistent with, the efficient operation and maintenance of the public transportation system; or(2)  at any time, surplus materials or other property that is not needed for the requirements of the authority or for carrying out a power under this chapter.(e)  An authority may leverage funds with a municipality that provides public transportation services in the territory of the authority to finance a project.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (H.B. 71), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Transp Code § 463.055 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 463 - Regional Transit Authorities|Subchapter B. Powers of Authorities|Section 463.055. Contracts; Grants and Loans

Sec. 463.055.  CONTRACTS;  GRANTS AND LOANS.  (a)  An authority may contract with any person.(b)  An authority may accept a grant or loan from any person.(c)  An authority may enter one or more agreements with any municipality included in the territory of the authority for the distribution of the authority's revenues.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (H.B. 71), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Transp Code § 463.056 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 463 - Regional Transit Authorities|Subchapter B. Powers of Authorities|Section 463.056. Operation of Public Transportation System

Sec. 463.056.  OPERATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.  (a)  An authority may:(1)  acquire, construct, develop, plan, own, operate, and maintain a public transportation system in the territory of the authority, including in the territory of a political subdivision;(2)  contract with a municipality, county, or other political subdivision for the authority to provide public transportation services outside the authority; and(3)  lease all or a part of the public transportation system to, or contract for the operation of all or a part of the public transportation system by, an operator.(b)  An authority, as the authority determines advisable, shall determine routes.(c)  The executive committee may submit a referendum for the approval of a power granted by Subsection (a) or (b).(d)  A private operator who contracts with an authority under this chapter is not a public entity for purposes of any law of this state except that an independent contractor of the authority that performs a function of the authority is liable for damages only to the extent that the authority would be liable if the authority itself were performing the function.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (H.B. 71), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Transp Code § 463.057 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 463 - Regional Transit Authorities|Subchapter B. Powers of Authorities|Section 463.057. Acquisition of Property by Agreement

Sec. 463.057.  ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY BY AGREEMENT.  An authority may acquire rolling stock or other property under a contract or trust agreement, including a conditional sales contract, lease, and equipment trust certificate.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (H.B. 71), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2019.|