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TX Transp Code § 112.058 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter B. Acquisition and Use of Property by Railroad or of Railroad|Section 112.058. Intersection of Rail Line and Road or Street

Sec. 112.058.  INTERSECTION OF RAIL LINE AND ROAD OR STREET.  Sections 112.051, 112.053, 112.054, 112.055, 112.057, 112.059, and 112.061 do not affect a law that requires a railroad company to provide a proper crossing at each intersection of a road or street.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 112.059 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter B. Acquisition and Use of Property by Railroad or of Railroad|Section 112.059. Crossings of Public Roads

Sec. 112.059.  CROSSINGS OF PUBLIC ROADS.  (a)  Each railroad company in this state shall place and keep the portion of the company's roadbed and right-of-way over or across which a public county road runs in proper condition for the use of the traveling public.(b)  A railroad company is liable for a penalty of $10 for each week the company does not comply with the requirements of this section if:(1)  the overseer of a public road gives written notice to the company's person responsible for maintaining the area where the work is needed; and(2)  the company fails to complete the work or repairs within 30 days after the date written notice is given under Subdivision (1).(c)  A county attorney, on the making of an affidavit of the facts by any person, shall immediately institute a suit against the railroad company to recover the penalty provided by this section.  A county attorney's wilful failure or refusal to comply with this subsection is sufficient cause for the county attorney to be removed from office unless it is evident that the suit could not have been maintained.(d)  A proceeding under this section shall be conducted in the name of the county and in the same manner as a proceeding in a civil suit.(e)  Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1141 , Sec. 4(3), eff. June 19, 2015.(f)  If the county is cast in the suit, the county may not be charged costs.(g)  A penalty collected under this section shall be deposited in the road and bridge fund of the county in which the suit is brought.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1141 (S.B. 287), Sec. 4(3), eff. June 19, 2015.|
TX Transp Code § 112.060 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter B. Acquisition and Use of Property by Railroad or of Railroad|Section 112.060. Conversion of Property in Custody of Railroad Company

Sec. 112.060.  CONVERSION OF PROPERTY IN CUSTODY OF RAILROAD COMPANY.  (a)  A railroad company in this state or a receiver of a railroad company in this state may not confiscate or otherwise convert to the company's or receiver's own use, in whole or in substantial part, a carload shipment of any article or commodity of freight traffic received by the company or receiver for transportation and delivery without the express consent of the owner or consignee of the shipment.(b)  An act of an agent, officer, or employee of a railroad company or receiver under this section that is within the apparent scope of the agent's, officer's, or employee's duties or authority with respect to the confiscation or conversion is considered to be an act of the company or receiver.(c)  This section does not apply to a conversion of freight that has been damaged or intermingled with other freight in wrecks, or to refused or unclaimed freight, that the railroad is unable to deliver.(d)  In addition to all other remedies or penalties that may be provided by law, a railroad company or receiver that violates this section is subject to:(1)  a penalty in favor of the state of not less than $125 or more than $500; and(2)  an additional penalty in favor of the owner or consignee of the converted shipment equal to twice the amount of the purchase price of the converted shipment.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 112.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter B. Acquisition and Use of Property by Railroad or of Railroad|Section 112.061. Suit Involving Railroad Company Property

Sec. 112.061.  SUIT INVOLVING RAILROAD COMPANY PROPERTY.  (a)  If a railroad company is sued for property occupied by the company for railroad purposes or for damages to property occupied by the company for railroad purposes, the court in which the suit is pending may determine all matters in dispute between the parties, including the condemnation of the property, on petition or cross bill by the defendant requesting that remedy.(b)  A plea for condemnation under Subsection (a) is considered an admission of the plaintiff's title to the property.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 112.062 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter B. Acquisition and Use of Property by Railroad or of Railroad|Section 112.062. Railroad Company Property Subject to Execution; Characterization of Rolling Stock

Sec. 112.062.  RAILROAD COMPANY PROPERTY SUBJECT TO EXECUTION; CHARACTERIZATION OF ROLLING STOCK.  (a)  All or any part of a railroad company's real and personal property is subject to execution and sale in the same manner as the property of individuals.(b)  No portion of a railroad company's real or personal property is exempt from execution and sale.(c)  The rolling stock and all other movable property belonging to a railroad company is considered personal property.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 112.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter C. Safety|Section 112.101. Cattle Guards

Sec. 112.101.  CATTLE GUARDS.  (a)  A railroad company whose railroad passes through a field or enclosure shall construct and keep in good repair a good and sufficient cattle guard or stop at each location the railroad enters the field or enclosure.(b)  If a field or enclosure through which a railway passes is enlarged or extended, or the owner of any land over which a railway runs clears and opens a field so as to include the track of a railway, the railroad company shall construct and keep in repair good and sufficient cattle guards or stops at the borders of the extended enclosures or fields or the new fields.(c)  A cattle guard or stop required by this section shall be constructed and kept in repair to protect the fields and enclosures from the depredations of stock of any kind.(d)  If a railroad company fails to construct and keep in repair a cattle guard or stop required by this section, the owner of the enclosure or field may:(1)  have the required cattle guards or stops constructed at the proper places and kept in repair; and(2)  recover from the company the costs of constructing or repairing the required cattle guards or stops, unless it is shown that the enlargement or extension was made capriciously and with intent to harass and molest the company.(e)  A railroad company that neglects to construct or keep in repair a proper cattle guard or stop as required by this section is liable to a party injured by the neglect for all damages that may result from the neglect.  The injured party may seek to recover the damages by filing suit.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 112.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter C. Safety|Section 112.102. Liability for Death or Injury to Stock

Sec. 112.102.  LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR INJURY TO STOCK.  (a)  Subject to Subsection (b), a railroad company is liable to the owner for the value of all stock killed or injured by the company's locomotives and cars operating over the company's railways, regardless of whether the county or subdivision of a county in which the death or injury occurs has, under Subchapter B or D, Chapter 143, Agriculture Code, prohibited certain animals from running at large.(b)  A railroad company that fences its railway is liable only for injury to stock that results from a want of ordinary care.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 112.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter C. Safety|Section 112.103. Duty to Stop and Render Aid; Offense

Sec. 112.103.  DUTY TO STOP AND RENDER AID; OFFENSE.  (a)  In this section, "operator" means the person assigned by a railroad company to be responsible for the operation of a train.(b)  An operator who is involved, while operating a locomotive, in an accident resulting in injury to or death of a person or damage to a vehicle that is driven or attended by a person shall immediately stop the locomotive at the scene of the accident.(c)  The operator shall render to a person injured in the accident reasonable assistance, including transporting, or the making of arrangements for transporting, the person to a physician, surgeon, or hospital for medical or surgical treatment if it is apparent that treatment is necessary or if the injured person requests transportation.(d)  A person who violates this section commits an offense.  An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 112.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter D. Liability for Injuries to Employees|Section 112.151. Applicability of Subchapter

Sec. 112.151.  APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.  Notwithstanding any other law, this subchapter does not apply to the portion of a person's, receiver's, or corporation's operations that:(1)  consists solely of the fabrication, manufacture, repair, or storage of rail rolling stock; or(2)  uses rail cars solely as a part of its own internal manufacturing or production process.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 112.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter D. Liability for Injuries to Employees|Section 112.152. Liability Generally for Injury to or Death of Employee

Sec. 112.152.  LIABILITY GENERALLY FOR INJURY TO OR DEATH OF EMPLOYEE.  (a)  A corporation, receiver, or other person operating a railroad in this state is liable for damages to a person who, while employed by the railroad operator, is injured as a result of:(1)  the negligence of an officer, agent, or employee of the railroad operator; or(2)  any defect or insufficiency due to the railroad operator's negligence in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves, or other equipment.(b)  If an employee dies as a result of the negligence, defect, or insufficiency described by Subsection (a), the railroad operator is liable to the employee's personal representative for the benefit of the employee's surviving spouse and children and the employee's parents or, if the employee is not survived by a spouse, child, or parent, to the employee's next of kin who is dependent on the employee.(c)  Damages recovered under Subsection (b) are not liable for the debts of the deceased and shall be divided among the persons entitled to the benefit of the action who are living, in shares the fact finder considers proper.(d)  An action under Subsection (b) may be brought without administration by all parties entitled to damages under that subsection, or by any one or more of those parties, for the benefit of all of those parties.  If all parties entitled to recover are not before the court, the action may proceed for the benefit of the parties who are before the court.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 112.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter D. Liability for Injuries to Employees|Section 112.153. Contributory Negligence

Sec. 112.153.  CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE.  (a)  In an action under Section 112.152, the employee's contributory negligence is not a bar to recovery but the fact finder shall reduce the employee's damages in proportion to the amount of contributory negligence attributable to the employee.(b)  An employee may not be found contributorily negligent in a case in which the railroad operator's violation of a statute enacted for the safety of employees contributed to the employee's injury or death.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 112.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter D. Liability for Injuries to Employees|Section 112.154. Assumed Risk

Sec. 112.154.  ASSUMED RISK.  (a)  The plea of assumed risk is not available as a bar to recovery of damages in a suit brought in a court in this state against a corporation, receiver, or other person operating a railroad, interurban railway, or street railway in this state for the recovery of damages for the death of or personal injury to an employee caused by the wrong or negligence of the railroad or railway operator.  An employee assumes the ordinary risk incident to the employee's employment but does not assume the risk resulting from any negligence of the employee's employer, regardless of whether the negligence is known to the employee.(b)  If in a suit described by Subsection (a) it is alleged and proven that the deceased or injured employee was negligent in continuing in the service of the railroad or railway operator in view of the risk, dangers, and hazards of which the employee knew or must necessarily have known, in the ordinary performance of the employee's duties, that fact does not bar the employee's recovery, but is considered contributory negligence.  If contributory negligence described by this subsection proximately caused or contributed to the cause of the death or injury, the damages recoverable by the employee or the employee's heirs or representatives shall be reduced only in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to the employee.(c)  An employee of a railway company who is injured while engaged in the operation of a train in this state that is propelled by two or more engines is not considered to have assumed the risk of that injury if the injury is a result of the operation of two or more engines on the train rather than one.(d)  In an action against a railroad operator under Section 112.152, an employee may not be held to have assumed the risk of the employee's employment in a case in which the railroad operator's violation of a statute enacted for the safety of employees contributed to the employee's injury or death.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 112.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter D. Liability for Injuries to Employees|Section 112.155. Certain Provisions Void

Sec. 112.155.  CERTAIN PROVISIONS VOID.  A provision of a contract, rule, or device the purpose of which is to exempt a railroad operator from liability under Section 112.152 is void to the extent of the purported exemption.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 112.156 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter D. Liability for Injuries to Employees|Section 112.156. Liability Offset

Sec. 112.156.  LIABILITY OFFSET.  In an action against a railroad operator under Section 112.152, the railroad operator may offset the railroad operator's liability by the amount of the railroad operator's contribution or payment to any insurance, relief benefit, or indemnity from which benefits have been paid to the injured employee or another person entitled to the benefits as a result of the injury or death that is the subject of the action.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 112.157 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter D. Liability for Injuries to Employees|Section 112.157. Construction of Certain Sections

Sec. 112.157.  CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN SECTIONS.  (a)  Sections 112.152, 112.153, 112.154(d), 112.155, and 112.156 do not:(1)  limit the duty or liability of a railroad operator or impair the rights of an employee under the Revised Statutes of 1925; or(2)  affect a right of action under another law of this state.(b)  Except as provided by Section 112.151, a section listed in Subsection (a) controls over any other provision of the Revised Statutes of 1925 with which it conflicts.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 112.158 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter D. Liability for Injuries to Employees|Section 112.158. Injury to Fellow Servant

Sec. 112.158.  INJURY TO FELLOW SERVANT.  (a)  This section applies only to a corporation, receiver, or other person that controls or operates a railroad or street railway the line of which is located wholly or partly in this state.(b)  An entity described by Subsection (a) is liable for damages sustained by an employee of the entity while the employee is engaged in the work of operating the cars, locomotives, or trains of the entity as a result of the negligence of any other employee of the entity, regardless of whether the negligent employee and the employee who sustained the damages are considered fellow servants.(c)  Persons who are engaged in the common service of an entity described by Subsection (a) are considered fellow servants only if the persons are:(1)  employed in the same grade of employment;(2)  doing the same character of work or service; and(3)  working together at the same time and place and at the same piece of work for a common purpose.(d)  A person engaged in the service of an entity described by Subsection (a) is considered a vice principal of that entity if the person is entrusted by the entity with the authority of superintendence, control, or command of the other employees of the entity, with the authority to direct any other employee in the performance of any duty of the employee.(e)  A vice principal of an entity described by Subsection (a) is not considered a fellow servant with other employees of the entity.(f)  A contract between an employer and employee that limits the employer's liability under this section in the event of the death of or injury to the employee or setting damages that may be recovered under this section is not valid or binding.(g)  This section does not impair or diminish the defense of contributory negligence if the injury of the employee is proximately caused by the employee's own contributory negligence.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.|
TX Transp Code § 112.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter E. Security for High-Speed Rail Operated by Private Entity|Section 112.201. Definition

Sec. 112.201.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "high-speed rail" means passenger rail service that is reasonably expected to reach speeds of at least 110 miles per hour.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1118 (S.B. 975), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Transp Code § 112.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter E. Security for High-Speed Rail Operated by Private Entity|Section 112.202. Applicability

Sec. 112.202.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies only to high-speed rail operated by a private entity.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1118 (S.B. 975), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Transp Code § 112.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 5 - Railroads|Subtitle C - Railroads Generally|Chapter 112 - Powers and Duties of Railroads|Subchapter E. Security for High-Speed Rail Operated by Private Entity|Section 112.203. Department of Public Safety Powers and Duties

Sec. 112.203.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY POWERS AND DUTIES.  (a)  To the extent not preempted by federal law, the Department of Public Safety:(1)  shall administer and enforce the provisions of this subchapter; and(2)  may adopt rules as necessary to administer this subchapter.(b)  In carrying out the powers and duties under this subchapter, the Department of Public Safety:(1)  has the same authority granted to the Texas Department of Transportation under Subchapter B, Chapter 111; and(2)  shall ensure that rules and standards adopted under this subchapter are consistent with applicable federal rules, regulations, and standards.(c)  The Department of Public Safety shall provide the emergency management training course described by Section 418.005, Government Code, to employees of a high-speed rail operator designated under Section 112.204(c).|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1118 (S.B. 975), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|