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Texas Transportation Code - TRANSP § 453.051. Creation of Transit Department

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The governing body of a municipality, by ordinance or resolution, may create a transit department if:

(1) the municipality operates a mass transportation system;

(2) the municipality has a population of 50,000 or more;  and

(3) the governing body determines that the creation of a transit department and operation of a transit department system would be in the public interest and of benefit to persons residing in the municipality.

(b) The jurisdiction of a transit department is coextensive with the territory of the municipality that creates the transit department.

(c) The jurisdiction of a transit department created by a municipality with a population of more than 500,000 that borders the United Mexican States does not include any territory within the boundaries of a federal military installation that is located in that municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.

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