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Texas Transportation Code - Section 311.052. Regulation Of Railroad By Type A General-Law Municipality

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§ 311.052. REGULATION OF RAILROAD BY TYPE A GENERAL-LAW 
MUNICIPALITY.  The governing body of a Type A general-law 
municipality may:
		(1)  direct and control the location and construction 
of railroad tracks, turnouts, and switches and prohibit the 
construction of those facilities in a street or alley, unless that 
action has been authorized by law;
		(2)  require that railroad tracks, turnouts, and 
switches be constructed in a way that interferes as little as 
possible with the ordinary use of a street or alley and that leaves 
sufficient space on each side of the tracks for the safe and 
convenient passage of vehicles and people;
		(3)  require a railroad company to keep in repair the 
street or alley on which their tracks are located;
		(4)  order a railroad company to construct and keep in 
repair a crossing at the place where the company's tracks intersect 
a street or alley;
		(5)  require a railroad company to construct and keep 
in repair a ditch, sewer, or culvert;
		(6)  direct or prohibit the use of or regulate the speed 
of a locomotive in the municipality;  or
		(7)  direct and control the location of railroad depots 
in the municipality.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.                    

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