Section 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.Tex. Transp. Code § 453.103
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.