Transit Authority System

Sec. 457.102. TRANSIT AUTHORITY SYSTEM. (a) An authority may: (1) acquire, construct, own, operate, and maintain a transit authority system; (2) use any public way; and (3) construct, repair, and maintain a municipal street, as authorized by the governing body of a municipality in the authority. (b) In the exercise of a power under Subsection (a), an authority 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. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.35(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.