Title TN, Transportation Code

Sec. 455.004. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) A public transportation advisory committee consisting of nine members shall: (1) advise the commission on the needs and problems of the state's public transportation providers, including the methods for allocating state …

Sec. 455.051. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "rail fixed guideway public transportation system" has the meaning assigned by 49 C.F.R. Section 674.7. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 434 (S.B. 1523), Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2017.

Sec. 455.052. DESIGNATION OF STATE SAFETY OVERSIGHT AGENCY; REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS. (a) The department is designated as the agency responsible for implementing a state safety oversight program that satisfies the requirements of 49 U.S.C. Section 5329(e). (b) Unless waived …

Sec. 455.053. OVERSIGHT. The department shall oversee all safety aspects of rail fixed guideway public transportation systems in accordance with 49 U.S.C. Section 5329, including the development, implementation, and application of the public transportation agency safety plan. Add…

Sec. 455.054. ENFORCEMENT. The department shall: (1) enforce federal and state laws on rail fixed guideway public transportation safety; (2) review, revise, approve, oversee, and enforce the public transportation agency safety plan required under 49 U.S.C. Section 5329(d), includ…

Sec. 455.055. STAFFING LEVELS; TRAINING. (a) The department, in consultation with the Federal Transit Administration, shall determine an appropriate staffing level for the state safety oversight program that is commensurate with the number, size, and complexity of rail fixed guid…

Sec. 455.056. AUDIT OF COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCY SAFETY PLAN. At least once every three years, the department shall audit the compliance of the rail fixed guideway public transportation systems in this state with the public transportation agency safety plan req…

Sec. 455.057. ANNUAL STATUS REPORT. The department shall provide an annual status report on the safety of the state's rail fixed guideway public transportation systems to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the Federal Transit Admin…

Sec. 455.058. USE OF CONTRACTOR. (a) The department may enter into an agreement with a contractor to act on behalf of the department in carrying out the duties of the department under this subchapter. (b) A contractor may not provide services to both the department and a rail fix…

Sec. 455.059. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. The data collected for and the report of an investigation conducted under this subchapter by the department or a contractor acting on behalf of the department and any part of a rail fixed guideway public transportation system safety plan th…

Sec. 455.060. RULES. The commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 434 (S.B. 1523), Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2017.

Sec. 456.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Capital improvement" means the acquisition, construction, or improvement of a facility, equipment, or real property for use in public transportation service. The term includes designing, engineering, supervising, inspecting, survey…

Sec. 456.002. ADMINISTRATION AND PURPOSE. (a) The commission shall administer the formula and discretionary programs provided by this chapter. (b) Each public transportation program provided by this chapter, except the passenger rail service assistance program under Subchapter D,…

Sec. 456.003. PARTICIPATION INELIGIBILITY. A transit authority is ineligible to participate in the formula or discretionary program provided by this chapter unless the authority was created under Chapter 453 or former Article 1118z, Revised Statutes, by a municipality having a po…

Sec. 456.004. GENERAL FINANCING APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS. An application for project financing under this chapter must be certified and contain a statement by the applicant that the proposed public transportation project is consistent with the continuing, cooperative, and compreh…

Sec. 456.005. EVALUATION OF PROJECT. In evaluating a project under the formula or discretionary program, the commission shall consider the need for fast, safe, efficient, and economical public transportation and the approval of the Federal Transit Administration, or its successor…

Sec. 456.006. USE OF FINANCING. (a) A designated recipient that is a rural or urban transit district or municipal transit department may use money from the formula or discretionary program and any local funds for any transit-related activity. (b) A designated recipient not includ…

Sec. 456.007. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNT FUND; APPROPRIATIONS AND GRANTS. (a) The public transportation account fund is an account in the general revenue fund. A grant of money to the state for public transportation purposes from a public or private source shall be deposited t…

Sec. 456.008. COMMISSION REPORT ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS. (a) Not later than January 1 of each year, the commission by rule shall prepare and issue to the legislature a report on public transportation providers in this state that received state or federal funding during…

Sec. 456.021. BIENNIAL ALLOCATION. (a) The commission shall allocate to large urbanized, small urbanized, and nonurbanized areas under the formula program provided by this subchapter the amount appropriated from all sources to the commission each state fiscal biennium for public …

Sec. 456.022. FORMULA ALLOCATION. The commission shall adopt rules establishing a formula allocating funds among individual eligible public transportation providers. The formula may take into account a transportation provider's performance, the number of its riders, the need of r…

Sec. 456.023. APPLICATION; USE OF MONEY NOT APPLIED FOR. (a) A designated recipient may submit an application to the commission for financing of a project under the formula program. (b) The commission shall administer under the discretionary program provided by Subchapter C any m…

Sec. 456.026. REPORTING BY DESIGNATED RECIPIENTS. The commission by rule shall establish a performance-based reporting system for all designated recipients eligible for financing under the formula program. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. SUBCHAPTER C. D…

Sec. 456.041. PROJECT FINANCING APPLICATION BY DESIGNATED RECIPIENT. (a) To participate in the discretionary program provided by this subchapter, a designated recipient must submit to the commission an application for project financing. The application must contain: (1) a descrip…

Sec. 456.042. RIDE-SHARING ACTIVITIES. (a) A designated recipient or a local government that has the power to operate a public transportation system, directly or by contract, in an urbanized or rural area may apply to the commission and receive money from the discretionary progra…

Sec. 456.061. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "eligible corporation" means a corporation created under former Subchapter III, Chapter 14, Title 45, United States Code (now 49 U.S.C. Sections 24101 et seq. and 24301 et seq.). Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 110, Sec. 2, eff. Ma…

Sec. 456.062. LOANS TO CORPORATION. (a) Under the authority of Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, and from funds appropriated from the general revenue fund for this purpose, the commission may loan money to an eligible corporation that provides rail passenger service …

Sec. 456.063. AGREEMENT. The department, on behalf of the commission and with the approval of the comptroller, shall enter into an agreement, under terms and conditions the department considers appropriate, with an eligible corporation for the purposes of making a secured loan un…

Sec. 456.064. LIMITATION OF FUNDING. The commission may only expend funds specifically appropriated by the legislature for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 110, Sec. 2, eff. May 16, 1997.

Sec. 456.065. GUARANTEE FROM MUNICIPALITIES. The department, on behalf of the commission and with the approval of the comptroller, shall secure an agreement or agreements with the municipalities served by an eligible corporation that receives assistance under this subchapter to f…

Sec. 457.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Authority" means a mass transit authority created under this chapter or former Article 1118z-1, Revised Statutes. (2) "Board" means the governing body of an authority. (3) "Bond" includes a note. (4) "Mass transit" means the transp…

Sec. 457.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to a county containing a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more that has created a mass transit department under Chapter 453 or former Article 1118z, Revised Statutes. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 3…

Sec. 457.051. CREATION OF AUTHORITY. (a) An authority is created under this chapter if a resolution finding that the creation of an authority would be in the public interest and a benefit to persons residing in the county is adopted by: (1) the county commissioners court; (2) the…

Sec. 457.052. BOARD OF AUTHORITY. (a) The board of an authority consists of seven members. A member of the board serves without compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in board service. The board shall elect one of its members as presiding officer. The…

Sec. 457.053. CONFIRMATION ELECTION. (a) If an authority is created under Section 457.051, the board shall propose a service plan and an initial tax rate for the authority. The initial tax rate must be the same rate as that collected by the city transit department created by the …

Sec. 457.054. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: AUTHORITY EMPLOYEES. An employee of an authority may not have a pecuniary interest in, or receive a benefit from, an agreement to which the authority is a party. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.35(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Sec. 457.055. TRANSFER OF RESOURCES BETWEEN MUNICIPALITY AND AUTHORITY. (a) The governing body of a municipality may transfer to an authority created under this chapter: (1) property and employees of a division of the municipality that before the creation of the authority was res…

Sec. 457.056. INVESTMENTS. (a) A board may invest authority funds in any obligation, security, or evidence of indebtedness in which the principal municipality may invest municipal funds. (b) In making an investment of authority funds, a board shall exercise the judgment and care,…

Sec. 457.057. DEPOSIT OF MONEY. (a) The board shall designate one or more banks as depositories for authority funds. All authority money, other than money invested as provided by Section 457.056, shall be deposited in one or more of the authority's depository banks. (b) Funds in …

Sec. 457.058. LIABILITY OF CREATING ENTITIES. The political subdivisions that adopt a resolution under Section 457.051(a) are liable for an expense the authority incurs before the date a sales and use tax is approved for the authority under this chapter, including the costs of ho…

Sec. 457.101. ACQUIRING AND DISPOSING OF PROPERTY. (a) An authority may acquire, hold, use, sell, lease, or dispose of property, including licenses, patents, rights, and other interests, necessary, convenient, or useful for the full exercise of any of its powers under this chapte…

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 i…

Sec. 457.103. FARES AND OTHER CHARGES. The board shall, after a public hearing, impose reasonable and nondiscriminatory fares, tolls, charges, rents, or other compensation for the use of the transit authority system sufficient to produce revenue, together with receipts from taxes…

Sec. 457.104. AGREEMENT WITH UTILITIES AND CARRIERS. An authority may agree with a public or private utility, communication system, common carrier, or transportation system for: (1) the joint use of the property of the agreeing entities in the authority; or (2) the establishment …

Sec. 457.105. CONTRACTS; ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY BY AGREEMENT. (a) An authority may contract with any person and may accept a grant or loan from any person. (b) An authority may acquire rolling stock or other property under a contract or trust agreement, including a conditional s…

Sec. 457.106. USE AND ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY OF OTHERS. (a) An authority may not alter or damage any property of this state or a political subdivision of this state or owned by a person rendering public services and may not disrupt services being provided by others or inconvenie…