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TX Transp Code § 453.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 453.002. Excluded Municipalities

Sec. 453.002.  EXCLUDED MUNICIPALITIES.  (a)  This chapter does not apply to a municipality any part of which is located in:(1)  a county that contains territory within the corporate limits of a principal municipality that is a part of an authority operating under Chapter 451 or 452;  or(2)  a federal metropolitan statistical area or primary metropolitan statistical area that contains a principal municipality that is a part of an authority operating under Chapter 451 or 452.(b)  For the purpose of this section "principal municipality" has the meaning assigned by Section 451.001 or 452.001.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 453.003. Continuing Application of Chapter

Sec. 453.003.  CONTINUING APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.  The continuation of a transit department created in compliance with, and for which a tax has been approved under, this chapter is not affected by a later failure of the municipality that created the transit department to meet a requirement of Section 453.002(a) or 453.051(a)(2).|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter B. Creation and Administration of Transit Department|Section 453.051. Creation of Transit Department

Sec. 453.051.  CREATION OF TRANSIT DEPARTMENT.  (a)  The governing body of a municipality, by ordinance or resolution, may create a transit department if:(1)  the municipality operates a mass transportation system;(2)  the municipality has a population of 50,000 or more;  and(3)  the governing body determines that the creation of a transit department and operation of a transit department system would be in the public interest and of benefit to persons residing in the municipality.(b)  The jurisdiction of a transit department is coextensive with the territory of the municipality that creates the transit department.(c)  The jurisdiction of a transit department created by a municipality with a population of more than 500,000 that borders the United Mexican States does not include any territory within the boundaries of a federal military installation that is located in that municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.31(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 146 (H.B. 205), Sec. 2, eff. July 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 453.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter B. Creation and Administration of Transit Department|Section 453.052. Administration of Transit Department

Sec. 453.052.  ADMINISTRATION OF TRANSIT DEPARTMENT.  The board of a transit department shall administer and operate the transit department.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter B. Creation and Administration of Transit Department|Section 453.053. Board

Sec. 453.053.  BOARD.  (a)  The board of a transit department consists of the members of the governing body of the municipality that creates the transit department.(b)  Service as a member of the board is an additional duty of the office of a member of the governing body and is without compensation.(c)  The presiding officers of the governing body of the municipality that creates a transit department are the presiding officers of the board.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter B. Creation and Administration of Transit Department|Section 453.054. Board Meetings

Sec. 453.054.  BOARD MEETINGS.  (a)  The board shall hold at least one regular meeting each month for the purpose of transacting business of the transit department.(b)  The presiding officer may call a special meeting of the board.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.055 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter B. Creation and Administration of Transit Department|Section 453.055. Conflicts of Interest: Transit Department Employees

Sec. 453.055.  CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:  TRANSIT DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.  An employee of a transit department may not have a pecuniary interest in, or receive a benefit from, an agreement to which the transit department is a party.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.056 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter B. Creation and Administration of Transit Department|Section 453.056. Transfer of Municipal Resources to Transit Department

Sec. 453.056.  TRANSFER OF MUNICIPAL RESOURCES TO TRANSIT DEPARTMENT.  (a)  The governing body of a municipality may transfer to a transit department created by the municipality:(1)  property and employees of a division of the municipality that before the creation of the transit department was responsible for municipal public transportation;  and(2)  municipal funds that may be used for mass transit.(b)  The governing body may abolish or change the functions of the municipal division formerly responsible for municipal public transportation.(c)  If a transit department is required to be dissolved under this chapter, the board, on dissolution of the transit department, shall transfer to the municipality the funds, property, and employees that were transferred to the transit department under this section.  The governing body of the municipality may then recreate or change the duties of any municipal division abolished or changed as a result of transfers made under this section.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.057 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter B. Creation and Administration of Transit Department|Section 453.057. Investments

Sec. 453.057.  INVESTMENTS.  (a)  A board may invest transit department funds in any obligation, security, or evidence of indebtedness in which the municipality for which the transit department was created may invest municipal funds.(b)  In making an investment of transit department funds, a board shall exercise the judgment and care, under the circumstances prevailing at the time of making the investment, that persons of ordinary prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs in making a permanent and nonspeculative disposition of their funds, considering the probable income from the disposition and the probable safety of their capital.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.058 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter B. Creation and Administration of Transit Department|Section 453.058. Accounts and Deposit of Money; Dedication of Money

Sec. 453.058.  ACCOUNTS AND DEPOSIT OF MONEY;  DEDICATION OF MONEY.  (a)  The board shall deposit all transit department money, other than money invested as provided by Section 453.057, with the treasurer of the creating municipality to the credit of the accounts described by Subsection (b).(b)  All money received from the collection of the sales and use tax under Subchapter H  shall be credited to an account separate from an account to which all other money governed by Subsection (a) shall be credited.(c)  Sales and use tax collections under Subchapter H may be used only for mass transit.(d)  The board may transfer money credited to the account that does not contain sales and use tax collections back to the municipality.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.059 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter B. Creation and Administration of Transit Department|Section 453.059. Liability of Creating Municipality

Sec. 453.059.  LIABILITY OF CREATING MUNICIPALITY.  A municipality that creates a transit department is liable for an expense the transit department incurs before the date a sales and use tax is approved for the transit department under Subchapter D, including the costs of holding the election.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.060 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter B. Creation and Administration of Transit Department|Section 453.060. Prohibition of Consumption of Alcoholic Beverage

Sec. 453.060.  PROHIBITION OF CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE.  (a)  A board by resolution may prohibit the consumption of an alcoholic beverage on property a transit department possesses or controls.  The resolution must describe with particularity each place where consumption of an alcoholic beverage is prohibited.(b)  The transit department shall post a sign in each place where consumption of an alcoholic beverage is prohibited under this section.  The sign must indicate that a person may not consume an alcoholic beverage in that place.(c)  A person commits an offense if the person consumes an alcoholic beverage in a place where the consumption of an alcoholic beverage is prohibited under this section.(d)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.(e)  In this section, "alcoholic beverage" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.32(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Transp Code § 453.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter B. Creation and Administration of Transit Department|Section 453.061. Transportation Disadvantaged

Sec. 453.061.  TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED.  The board shall consider the interests of the transportation disadvantaged in making decisions under this chapter.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1038, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Transp Code § 453.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter C. Powers of Transit Department|Section 453.101. Powers Applicable to Transit Department Having Tax

Sec. 453.101.  POWERS APPLICABLE TO TRANSIT DEPARTMENT HAVING TAX.  Except for the administration of assets transferred under Section 453.056, this subchapter applies only to a transit department that has a local sales and use tax approved under Subchapter D.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter C. Powers of Transit Department|Section 453.102. Acquiring and Disposing of Property

Sec. 453.102.  ACQUIRING AND DISPOSING OF PROPERTY.  (a)  A transit department may acquire, hold, use, sell, lease, or dispose of property, including licenses, patents, rights, and other interests, necessary, convenient, or useful for the full exercise of any of its powers under this chapter.(b)  The transit department may acquire property described in Subsection (a) in any manner, including by gift or devise.(c)  An acquisition made or other action taken under Subsection (a) shall be in the name of the municipality that created the transit department.(d)  A transit department may dispose of, by sale, lease, or other conveyance:(1)  any property of the transit department not needed for the efficient operation and maintenance of the transit department system;  and(2)  any surplus property not needed for its requirements or for the purpose of carrying out its powers under this chapter.(e)  The lease of unneeded property under Subsection (c) must be consistent with the efficient operation and maintenance of the transit department system.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter C. Powers of Transit Department|Section 453.103. Transit Department System

Sec. 453.103.  TRANSIT DEPARTMENT SYSTEM.  (a)  A transit department may in the municipality creating the transit department:(1)  acquire, construct, own, operate, and maintain a transit department system;(2)  use any public way;  and(3)  construct, repair, and maintain a municipal street, as authorized by the governing body of the municipality.(b)  In the exercise of a power under Subsection (a), a transit department may relocate or reroute, or alter the construction of, any public or private property, including:(1)  an alley, road, street, or railroad;(2)  an electric line and facility;(3)  a telegraph and telephone property and facility;(4)  a pipeline and facility;  and(5)  a conduit and facility.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter C. Powers of Transit Department|Section 453.104. Fares and Other Charges

Sec. 453.104.  FARES AND OTHER CHARGES.  (a)  The board shall, after a public hearing, impose reasonable and nondiscriminatory fares, tolls, charges, rents, or other compensation for the use of the transit department system sufficient to produce revenue, together with receipts from taxes imposed by the transit department, in an amount adequate to:(1)  pay all the expenses necessary to operate and maintain the transit department system;(2)  pay when due the principal of and interest on, and sinking fund and reserve fund payments agreed to be made with respect to, all bonds that are issued by the board and payable in whole or part from the revenue; and(3)  fulfill the terms of any other agreement with the holders of bonds described by Subdivision (2) or with a person acting on behalf of the bondholders.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), personal identifying information collected by a transit department is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, including a person's:(1)  name, address, e-mail address, and phone number;(2)  account number, password, payment transaction activity, toll or charge record, or credit, debit, or other payment card number;(3)  trip data, including the time, date, origin, and destination of a trip, and demographic information collected when the person purchases a ticket or schedules a trip; and(4)  other personal information, including financial information.(c)  Personal identifying information described by Subsection (b)(3) may be disclosed to a governmental agency or institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, by a transit department if the requestor confirms in writing that the use of the information will be strictly limited to use in research or in producing statistical reports, but only if the information is not published, redisclosed, sold, or used to contact any individual.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 155 (S.B. 858), Sec. 3, eff. May 28, 2021.|
TX Transp Code § 453.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter C. Powers of Transit Department|Section 453.105. Agreement With Utilities, Carriers

Sec. 453.105.  AGREEMENT WITH UTILITIES, CARRIERS.  A transit department may agree with a public or private utility, communication system, common carrier, or transportation system for:(1)  the joint use of the property of the agreeing entities in the municipality;  or(2)  the establishment of through routes, joint fares, or transfers of passengers.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter C. Powers of Transit Department|Section 453.106. Contracts; Acquisition of Property by Agreement

Sec. 453.106.  CONTRACTS;  ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY BY AGREEMENT.  (a)  A transit department may contract with any person and may accept a grant or loan from any person.(b)  A transit department may acquire rolling stock or other property under a contract or trust agreement, including a conditional sales contract, lease, and equipment trust certificate.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter C. Powers of Transit Department|Section 453.107. Use and Acquisition of Property of Others

Sec. 453.107.  USE AND ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY OF OTHERS.  (a)  A transit department may not alter or damage any property of this state or a political subdivision of this state or owned by a person rendering public services and may not disrupt services being provided by others or inconvenience in any other manner an owner of property, without first having obtained:(1)  the written consent of the owner;  or(2)  the right from the governing body of the municipality to take the action under the municipality's power of eminent domain.(b)  A transit department may agree with an owner of property to provide for:(1)  a necessary relocation or alteration of property by the owner or a contractor chosen by the owner;  and(2)  the reimbursement by the transit department to the owner of the costs incurred by the owner in making the relocation or alteration.(c)  The transit department shall pay the cost of any relocation, rerouting, or other alteration in the construction made under this chapter and is liable for any damage to property occurring because of the change.(d)  The department shall permit a transit department to construct a separate area adjacent to a highway under the jurisdiction of the department so that buses may safely board and discharge passengers without impeding the flow of traffic.  The location, design, and construction standards of an area constructed under this subsection must be approved by the department to ensure the safety of the traveling public.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1281 (H.B. 2348), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Transp Code § 453.108 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter C. Powers of Transit Department|Section 453.108. Routes

Sec. 453.108.  ROUTES.  A transit department shall determine each route, including route changes, as the board considers advisable.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.109 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter C. Powers of Transit Department|Section 453.109. Tort Liability and Governmental Immunity

Sec. 453.109.  TORT LIABILITY AND GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY.  (a)  A transit department is a separate governmental unit for purposes of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and operations of a transit department are essential governmental functions and not proprietary functions for all purposes, including the purposes of that chapter.(b)  This chapter does not create or confer any governmental immunity or limitation of liability on any entity that is not a governmental unit, governmental entity or authority, or public agency or a subdivision of one of those persons.  In this subsection "governmental unit" has the meaning assigned by Section 101.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.110 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter C. Powers of Transit Department|Section 453.110. Tax Exemption

Sec. 453.110.  TAX EXEMPTION.  The assets of a transit department are exempt from any tax of the state or a state taxing authority.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter D. Transit Department Tax Election|Section 453.151. Board to Order Tax Election

Sec. 453.151.  BOARD TO ORDER TAX ELECTION.  (a)  If the board determines that implementation of a mass transit plan developed by the transit department is feasible, the board shall order an election to approve a local sales and use tax at the rate determined by the board under Section 453.401 unless the municipality that created the transit department imposes an additional sales and use tax under Section 321.101(b), Tax Code.(b)  The board may not order an election under this section to be held on the same day as an election held by the creating municipality to approve an additional sales and use tax under Section 321.101(b), Tax Code.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter D. Transit Department Tax Election|Section 453.152. Notice of Election

Sec. 453.152.  NOTICE OF ELECTION.  (a)  Notice of the election must include a description of the nature and rate of the proposed tax.(b)  The board shall send a copy of the notice to the Texas Department of Transportation and to the comptroller.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 453.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments|Subchapter D. Transit Department Tax Election|Section 453.153. Ballot Proposition

Sec. 453.153.  BALLOT PROPOSITION.  At an election under this subchapter, the ballots shall be prepared to provide for voting for or against the proposition:  "Levy of a proposed local sales and use tax at the rate of _____ (insert appropriate rate) percent."|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|