Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 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 by a resolution of the executive committee. 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 service plan under this section.(b) A station or terminal complex may not be included in a public transportation system unless the executive committee first finds that the station or complex:(1) will encourage and provide for efficient and economical public transportation;(2) will facilitate access to public transportation and provide for other public transportation purposes;(3) will reduce vehicular congestion and air pollution in the metropolitan area; and(4) is reasonably essential to the successful operation of the public transportation system.(c) On making a finding under Subsection (b), the executive committee may amend the authority's comprehensive service plan to include a station or terminal complex.Tex. Transp. Code § 452.151
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.