Section 451.151 - 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 transit authority system in a comprehensive transit plan approved by a resolution of the board. 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 transit plan under this section.(b) A station or terminal complex may not be included in a transit authority system unless the board first finds that the station or complex:(1) will encourage and provide for efficient and economical mass transit;(2) will facilitate access to mass transit and provide for other mass transit purposes;(3) will reduce vehicular congestion and air pollution in the metropolitan area; and(4) is reasonably essential to the successful operation of the transit authority system.(c) On making a finding under Subsection (b), the board may amend the authority's comprehensive transit plan to include a station or terminal complex.Tex. Transp. Code § 451.151
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.