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TX Transp Code § 452.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter D. Station or Terminal Complex Systems|Section 452.151. Station or Terminal Complex: System Plan

Sec. 452.151.  STATION OR TERMINAL COMPLEX:  SYSTEM PLAN.  (a)  An authority may not acquire an interest in real property for a station or terminal complex unless the station or terminal complex is included in the public transportation system in a comprehensive service plan approved by a resolution of the executive committee.  A mass transit facility of an authority is not a station or terminal complex under this subchapter unless the facility is included in the authority's comprehensive service plan under this section.(b)  A station or terminal complex may not be included in a public transportation system unless the executive committee first finds that the station or complex:(1)  will encourage and provide for efficient and economical public transportation;(2)  will facilitate access to public transportation and provide for other public transportation purposes;(3)  will reduce vehicular congestion and air pollution in the metropolitan area;  and(4)  is reasonably essential to the successful operation of the public transportation system.(c)  On making a finding under Subsection (b), the executive committee may amend the authority's comprehensive service plan to include a station or terminal complex.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter D. Station or Terminal Complex Systems|Section 452.152. Station or Terminal Complex: Facilities

Sec. 452.152.  STATION OR TERMINAL COMPLEX:  FACILITIES.  A station or terminal complex of an authority:(1)  must include adequate provision for the transfer of passengers among the various means of transportation available to the complex;  and(2)  may include provision for residential, institutional, recreational, commercial, and industrial facilities.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter D. Station or Terminal Complex Systems|Section 452.153. Approval of Municipality

Sec. 452.153.  APPROVAL OF MUNICIPALITY.  The location of a station or terminal complex in a municipality or in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality must be approved, as to conformity with the comprehensive or general plan of the municipality, by a motion, resolution, or ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter D. Station or Terminal Complex Systems|Section 452.154. Station or Terminal Complex: Limitation on Real Property Acquisition by Condemnation

Sec. 452.154.  STATION OR TERMINAL COMPLEX:  LIMITATION ON REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION BY CONDEMNATION.  (a)  An interest in real property that is more than 1,500 feet from the center point of a station or terminal complex may not be acquired for a station or terminal complex facility by eminent domain.(b)  Before the commencement of an eminent domain proceeding to acquire an interest in real property for a station or terminal complex facility, the executive committee shall designate the center point of the station or terminal complex.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter D. Station or Terminal Complex Systems|Section 452.155. Transfer of Real Property in Station or Terminal Complex

Sec. 452.155.  TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY IN STATION OR TERMINAL COMPLEX.  (a)  An authority may transfer to any person by any means, including a sale or lease, an interest in real property in a station or terminal complex and may contract with respect to it, in accordance with the comprehensive service plan approved by the executive committee, and subject to terms:(1)  the executive committee finds to be in the public interest or necessary to carry out this section;  and(2)  specified in the instrument transferring the title or right of use.(b)  A transfer must be at the fair value of the interest transferred considering the use designated for the real property in the authority's comprehensive service plan.(c)  A person from whom property offered for sale under this section was acquired by eminent domain or the threat of eminent domain has a first right to purchase the property at the price for which the property is offered to the public.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter E. Special Programs and Services|Section 452.201. Minority and Women-Owned Business Program in Certain Authorities

Sec. 452.201.  MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS PROGRAM IN CERTAIN AUTHORITIES.  (a)  An authority consisting of one subregion governed by a subregional board created under Subchapter O  may establish a program reasonably designed to increase the participation of minority and women-owned business enterprises in contracts awarded by the authority.  If the program is established, the board shall provide a program outlining acceptable assistance to be given minority and women-owned business enterprises in the area served by the authority to achieve the purposes of the program.(b)  An overall minority and women-owned business enterprise contract percentage goal may be established as a part of the program only after reasonable consultation with affected organizations and a qualified independent source and after public comment.  In establishing a goal, the authority shall consider the various types of construction contracts the authority expects to award and the effect of market conditions on the feasibility of attaining the goals.(c)  The authority shall periodically review the effectiveness of the program and the reasonableness of the program goals.(d)  This section does not affect Sections 452.106, 452.107, and 452.108(a) and (b), but prospective bidders may be required to meet uniform standards designed to assure a reasonable degree of participation by minority and women-owned business enterprises in the performance of any contract.(e)  In this section:(1)  "Minority" includes blacks, Hispanics, Asian Americans, American Indians, and Alaska natives.(2)  "Minority business enterprise" means a small business concern at least 51 percent of which is owned and controlled in management and daily operations by members of one or more minorities.(3)  "Women-owned business enterprise" means a small business concern at least 51 percent of which is owned and controlled in management and daily operations by one or more women.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter E. Special Programs and Services|Section 452.202. Transportation for Jobs Program Participants

Sec. 452.202.  TRANSPORTATION FOR JOBS PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.  (a)  An authority shall contract with the Texas Department of Human Services to provide, in accordance with federal law, transportation services to a person who:(1)  resides in the area served by the authority;(2)  is receiving financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code;  and(3)  is registered in the jobs opportunities and basic skills training program under Part F, Subchapter IV, Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 682).(b)  The contract must include provisions to ensure that:(1)  the authority is required to provide transportation services only to a location:(A)  to which the person travels in connection with participation in the jobs opportunities and basic skills training program;  and(B)  that the authority serves under the authority's authorized rate structure and existing services;(2)  the authority provides directly to the Texas Department of Human Services trip vouchers for distribution by the department to a person who is eligible under this section to receive transportation services;(3)  the Texas Department of Human Services reimburses the authority for allowable costs, at the applicable federal matching rate;  and(4)  the Texas Department of Human Services may return undistributed trip vouchers to the authority.(c)  An authority shall certify the amount of public funds spent by the authority under this section for the purpose of obtaining federal funds under the jobs opportunities and basic skills training program.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter E. Special Programs and Services|Section 452.203. Waiver of Federal Requirements

Sec. 452.203.  WAIVER OF FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.  If, before implementing Section 452.202, the Texas Department of Human Services determines that a waiver or authorization from a federal agency is necessary for implementation, the Texas Department of Human Services shall request the waiver or authorization, and the department and an authority may delay implementing Section 452.202 until the waiver or authorization is granted.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.301 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter G. Service Plans|Section 452.301. Implementation of Service Plan: Certain Authorities

Sec. 452.301.  IMPLEMENTATION OF SERVICE PLAN:  CERTAIN AUTHORITIES.  A subregional board created under Subchapter O  that governs an authority consisting of one subregion shall implement the service plan as approved under Section 452.713 without change unless the change is made in the manner required by this subchapter.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.302 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter G. Service Plans|Section 452.302. Change in Service Plan: General Rule

Sec. 452.302.  CHANGE IN SERVICE PLAN:  GENERAL RULE.  A service plan may be changed by a majority vote of the members of the subregional board described by Section 452.301 at a meeting at which a quorum of the board is present.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.303 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter G. Service Plans|Section 452.303. Major Service Plan Change: Notice and Hearing

Sec. 452.303.  MAJOR SERVICE PLAN CHANGE:  NOTICE AND HEARING.  (a)  The subregional board of an authority described by Section 452.301 may not, without holding a public hearing on the proposed change, consider a change in the service plan that would:(1)  change the location of a right-of-way of a fixed guideway system;(2)  change or add a width of a right-of-way of a fixed guideway system;(3)  change a grade separation or add a grade separation to a fixed guideway system;(4)  move the location of a station of a fixed guideway system;(5)  reclassify the aerial, at-grade, or subgrade vertical alignment of a fixed guideway or establish the vertical alignment of a fixed guideway;(6)  move the location of:(A)  a parking lot;(B)  a maintenance facility;  or(C)  an off-street transfer center;(7)  add a facility listed in Subdivisions (1)-(6);  or(8)  add a route for a fixed guideway system.(b)  Before holding a public hearing required under Subsection (a), the subregional board shall in writing notify:(1)  each owner of real property located within 400 feet, including streets and alleys, of the boundary of the proposed right-of-way or the boundary of property on which the facility is proposed to be located;  and(2)  the governing body of each municipality and the commissioners court of each county in which the changed or additional right-of-way or facility is to be located.(c)  The notice required by this section must be given to each governing body and to the property owners shown by the municipal or county tax roll at least 20 days before the date of the hearing by depositing the notice in the United States mail.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.304 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter G. Service Plans|Section 452.304. Adoption of Major Service Plan Change

Sec. 452.304.  ADOPTION OF MAJOR SERVICE PLAN CHANGE.  (a)  After a public hearing, the subregional board described by Section 452.301 may approve a change described by Section 452.303(a) in the service plan by a favorable vote of two-thirds of the members present.(b)  If the change in the plan includes the addition of a fixed guideway route, including a route to be added under an agreement under Section 452.060, the governing body of each municipality through which the route would pass must approve the route before the subregional board may add the route to the service plan.(c)  The subregional board shall give notice of a change in the service plan adopted under this section to:(1)  the commissioners court of each county in which the changed or additional right-of-way or facility is to be located if the change is located in an unincorporated area;  and(2)  the governing body of each municipality in which the changed or additional right-of-way or facility is to be located.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.305 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter G. Service Plans|Section 452.305. Service Plan Change: Authority Created by Contiguous Municipality

Sec. 452.305.  SERVICE PLAN CHANGE:  AUTHORITY CREATED BY CONTIGUOUS MUNICIPALITY.  The service plan of an authority created by a contiguous municipality and confirmed may be changed only with the approval of the governing body of the contiguous municipality.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.351 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter H. Bonds|Section 452.351. Definition

Sec. 452.351.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "bond" includes a note.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.352 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter H. Bonds|Section 452.352. Power to Issue Bonds

Sec. 452.352.  POWER TO ISSUE BONDS.  (a)  An authority may issue bonds at any time and for any amounts it considers necessary or appropriate for:(1)  the acquisition, construction, repair, equipping, improvement, or extension of its public transportation system;  or(2)  creating or funding self-insurance or retirement or pension fund reserves.(b)  A bond any portion of which is secured by a pledge of sales and use tax revenues and that has a maturity longer than five years from the date of issuance may not be issued by an authority until an election has been held and the proposition proposing the issue has been approved by a majority of the votes received on the issue in accordance with either Section 452.362 or 452.363.(c)  A subregional authority created by a contiguous municipality may not issue a document of indebtedness, including a bond, unless the document is approved by the governing body of the contiguous city.(d)  Subsection (b) does not apply to:(1)  refunding bonds;(2)  bonds described by Subsection (a)(2); or(3)  commercial paper notes having maturities of 270 days or less that are authorized to be issued and reissued from time to time under a commercial paper program in a maximum principal amount that the chief financial officer certifies, based on reasonable estimates of pledged sales and use tax revenue, can be repaid in full within five years after the date of authorization of the commercial paper program, taking into consideration any other bonds or notes having a prior or parity lien on the pledged revenue, regardless of the final date of the commercial paper program.(e)  A commercial paper program described by Subsection (d)(3) may not be continued beyond five years unless, before issuing any note with a maturity exceeding five years from the date of the initial authorization of the program or five years from the date of any new certification, the chief financial officer provides a new certification that the maximum principal amount of the program, based on reasonable estimates of pledged sales and use tax revenue, can be repaid in full within five years after the date of the most recent new certification, taking into consideration any other bonds or notes having a prior or parity lien on the pledged revenue.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 54 (S.B. 1375), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Transp Code § 452.353 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter H. Bonds|Section 452.353. Bond Terms

Sec. 452.353.  BOND TERMS.  (a)  An authority's bonds are fully negotiable.  An authority may make the bonds redeemable before maturity at the price and subject to the terms and conditions that are provided in the authority's resolution authorizing the bonds.(b)  A revenue bond indenture may limit a power of the authority provided by Section 452.052, 452.054, 452.055(a), (b), or (c), 452.056(a) or (b), 452.057, 452.058, 452.059, 452.060, 452.061(a), (b), (d), or 452.062, as long as the bonds issued under the indenture are outstanding.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.354 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter H. Bonds|Section 452.354. Sale

Sec. 452.354.  SALE.  An authority's bonds may be sold at a public or private sale as determined by the executive committee to be the more advantageous.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.355 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter H. Bonds|Section 452.355. Approval; Registration

Sec. 452.355.  APPROVAL;  REGISTRATION.  (a)  An authority's bonds and the records relating to their issuance shall be submitted to the attorney general for examination before the bonds may be delivered.(b)  If the attorney general finds that the bonds have been issued in conformity with the constitution and this chapter and that the bonds will be a binding obligation of the issuing authority, the attorney general shall approve the bonds.(c)  After the bonds are approved by the attorney general, the comptroller shall register the bonds.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.356 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter H. Bonds|Section 452.356. Incontestability

Sec. 452.356.  INCONTESTABILITY.  Bonds are incontestable after they are:(1)  approved by the attorney general;(2)  registered by the comptroller;  and(3)  sold and delivered to the purchaser.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.357 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter H. Bonds|Section 452.357. Security Pledged

Sec. 452.357.  SECURITY PLEDGED.  (a)  To secure the payment of an authority's bonds, the authority may:(1)  pledge all or part of revenue realized from any tax that the authority may impose;(2)  pledge any part of the revenue of the public transportation system;(3)  mortgage any part of the public transportation system, including any part of the system subsequently acquired;(4)  pledge all or part of funds the federal government has committed to the authority as grants in aid; and(5)  provide that a pledge of revenue described by Subdivision (1) or (2) is a first lien or charge against that revenue.(b)  Under Subsection (a)(3) an authority may, subject to the terms of the bond indenture or the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, encumber a separate item of the public transportation system and acquire, use, hold, or contract for the property by lease, chattel mortgage, or other conditional sale including an equipment trust transaction.(c)  An authority may not issue bonds secured by ad valorem tax revenue.(d)  An authority is not prohibited by this subchapter from encumbering one or more public transportation systems to purchase, construct, extend, or repair one or more other public transportation systems of the authority.(e)  The authority may pledge funds described by Subsection (a)(4):(1)  as the sole security for the bonds;  or(2)  in addition to any other security described by this section.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 509, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 47 (S.B. 293), Sec. 1, eff. May 19, 2009.|
TX Transp Code § 452.358 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter H. Bonds|Section 452.358. Use of Revenue

Sec. 452.358.  USE OF REVENUE.  Revenue in excess of amounts pledged under Section 452.357(a)(1) or (2) shall be used to:(1)  pay the expenses of operation and maintenance of a public transportation system, including salaries, labor, materials, and repairs necessary to provide efficient service and every other proper item of expense; and(2)  fund operating reserves.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 47 (S.B. 293), Sec. 2, eff. May 19, 2009.|
TX Transp Code § 452.359 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter H. Bonds|Section 452.359. Refunding Bonds

Sec. 452.359.  REFUNDING BONDS.  An authority may issue refunding bonds for the purposes and in the manner authorized by general law, including Chapter 1207, Government Code.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.396, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|