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Texas Transportation Code - Section 452.064. Light Rail System: Regulatory Exemption

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§ 452.064. LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM: REGULATORY EXEMPTION. (a) An authority that constructs or operates or contracts with another entity to construct or operate a light rail mass transit system is not subject to any state law regulating or governing the design, construction, or operation of a railroad, railway, street railway, street car, or interurban railway. (b) For purposes of ownership or transfer of ownership of an interest in real property, a light rail mass transit system line operating on property previously used by a railroad, railway, street railway, or interurban railway is a continuation of existing rail use. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

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