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.