Title TN, Transportation Code

Sec. 452.107. PURCHASES: COMPETITIVE BIDDING. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an authority may not award a contract for construction, services, or property, other than real property, except through the solicitation of competitive sealed bids or proposals, including the …

Sec. 452.108. DURATION OF CONTRACTS AND DELEGATION OF POWERS. (a) An authority may contract for payment with debt obligations and for performance and payments to extend longer than one fiscal year if the contract provides for the discharge of the authority's contractual obligatio…

Sec. 452.109. EXPLANATION OF CONTRACT AWARDS IN CERTAIN AUTHORITIES. (a) A subregional board created under Subchapter O that governs an authority consisting of one subregion shall document the reasons for the award of a contract for: (1) professional services awarded to a person …

Sec. 452.1095. EXEMPTION FROM OTHER CONTRACTING LAW FOR CERTAIN AUTHORITIES. (a) Chapter 2269, Government Code, does not apply to an authority consisting of one subregion governed by a subregional board created under Subchapter O. (b) An authority to which this section applies ma…

Sec. 452.110. PEACE OFFICERS. (a) The executive committee may establish a security force and provide for the employment of security personnel. (b) The executive committee may commission an employee of a security force established under Subsection (a) as a peace officer. (c) A pea…

Sec. 452.111. EXTRAORDINARY VOTE REQUIRED IN CERTAIN AUTHORITIES. A subregional board created under Subchapter O that governs an authority consisting of one subregion may not, except by a two-thirds vote of the board: (1) issue any debt allowed by law; (2) enter a lease as lessee…

Sec. 452.112. ADVISORY COMMITTEES IN CERTAIN AUTHORITIES. (a) A subregional board created under Subchapter O that governs an authority consisting of one subregion may appoint one or more committees for any purpose for which a vote of the board is not required. (b) A committee may…

Sec. 452.113. BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. The executive committee shall: (1) receive recommendations for the annual budget from each subregional board; (2) obtain approval from each subregional board of the final annual budget as it pertains to that board's subregion; and (3) make th…

Sec. 452.114. BUDGET IN AUTHORITY CREATED BY CONTIGUOUS MUNICIPALITY. (a) The executive committee of an authority created by a contiguous municipality shall, not later than the 60th day before the beginning of the authority's fiscal year, deliver to the governing body of the cont…

Sec. 452.115. PUBLIC HEARING ON FARE AND SERVICE CHANGES IN CERTAIN AUTHORITIES. (a) An authority consisting of one subregion governed by a subregional board created under Subchapter O must hold a public hearing on: (1) any fare change; (2) a service change involving: (A) 25 perc…

Sec. 452.116. PUBLIC HEARING ON FARE AND SERVICE CHANGES IN CERTAIN AUTHORITIES: EXCEPTIONS. (a) A public hearing under Section 452.115 is not required for: (1) a reduced or free promotional fare that is instituted daily or periodically within 180 days; (2) a headway adjustment o…

Sec. 452.117. PUBLIC HEARING ON EXPERIMENTAL SERVICE CHANGE. A hearing on an experimental service change as described by Section 452.116 to remain in effect for more than 180 days may be held before or during the experimental service change period and satisfies the requirement fo…

Sec. 452.118. NOTICE OF HEARING ON FARE OR SERVICE CHANGE IN CERTAIN AUTHORITIES. (a) The subregional board shall call a public hearing required by Section 452.115 and: (1) publish at least 30 days before the date of the hearing notice of the hearing at least once in a newspaper …

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 …

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 residenti…

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…

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 …

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 c…

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-…

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 rec…

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 …

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 t…

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, 1…

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 rig…

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…

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., c…

Sec. 452.351. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "bond" includes a note. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

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 …

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 inden…

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.

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 …

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.

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 pa…

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 effi…

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. …

Sec. 452.360. BONDS AS AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS. (a) An authority's bonds are authorized investments for: (1) a bank; (2) a savings bank; (3) a trust company; (4) a savings and loan association; and (5) an insurance company. (b) The bonds, when accompanied by all appurtenant, unmat…

Sec. 452.361. EXCHANGE OF BONDS FOR EXISTING SYSTEM. An authority's revenue bonds may be exchanged, in lieu of cash, for the property of all or part of an existing public transportation system to be acquired by the authority. If the property is owned by a corporation that will di…

Sec. 452.362. ELECTION TO PLEDGE TAXES. (a) The executive committee may order an election to authorize the pledge of sales and use tax revenue to the payment of a specified amount of long-term bonds for the authority's public transportation system. (b) Sales and use tax revenue a…

Sec. 452.363. ALTERNATE ELECTION PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN AUTHORITIES. (a) The executive committee of an authority in which more than one municipality is holding an election under Section 452.362 may provide for a proposition, ballot, and election order under this section if the co…

Sec. 452.364. TAX EXEMPTION. The interest on bonds issued by an authority is exempt from state and local taxes. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. SUBCHAPTER I. TAXATION

Sec. 452.401. SALES AND USE TAX. (a) The executive committee may impose for an authority a sales and use tax at the rate of: (1) one-quarter of one percent; (2) one-half of one percent; (3) three-quarters of one percent; or (4) one percent. (b) The imposition of an authority's sa…

Sec. 452.402. RATE INCREASE: SALES AND USE TAX. The executive committee may not increase the tax rate to a rate higher than the rate approved by the voters at the confirmation election without first receiving a majority vote in favor of the increase at an authority-wide election.…

Sec. 452.403. MAXIMUM TAX RATE IN AUTHORITY AREA. (a) An authority may not adopt a sales and use tax rate, including a rate increase, that when combined with the rates of all sales and use taxes imposed by other political subdivisions of the state having territory in the authorit…

Sec. 452.404. INITIAL SALES TAX: EFFECTIVE DATE. The adoption of or the increase or decrease in the rate of an authority's sales and use tax takes effect on the first day of the second calendar quarter beginning after the date that the comptroller receives a copy of the order req…

Sec. 452.405. RATE DECREASE: SALES AND USE TAX. (a) The executive committee by order may direct the comptroller to collect the authority's sales and use tax at a rate that is lower than the rate approved by the voters at the confirmation election. (b) The executive committee must…

Sec. 452.406. DIFFERENT SUBREGIONAL SALES AND USE TAX RATES. (a) The executive committee by order may direct the comptroller to collect the authority's sales and use tax at different rates in different subregions of the authority, but a rate may not be higher than the maximum rat…