Texas Transportation Code Title 6, Chapter 342 - Ferries And Certain Toll Bridges
SUBCHAPTER A GOVERNMENT-OWNED FERRIES
- Texas Section 342.001 - Ferry Connecting State Highways
(a) The department may purchase, construct, maintain, operate, or control a ferry that crosses: (1) a bay, arm, channel, or saltwater lake emptying into the...
- Texas Section 342.002 - County Ferries
The commissioners court of a county may establish public ferries as required by the public interest. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec....
- Texas Section 342.003 - Melvin O
LITTLETON FERRY LANDING. (a) In recognition of Melvin O. Littleton's outstanding supervision of the Port Aransas ferry for 30 years, the ferry landing owned by...
SUBCHAPTER B ESTABLISHING TOLL BRIDGE OR FERRY
- Texas Section 342.004 - Galveston-port Bolivar Ferry And Port Aransas Ferry Vehicle Stickers
(a) The department may adopt rules to establish a system under which an owner of a motor vehicle may apply to the department for issuance...
- Texas Section 342.051 - Right Of Property Owner To Operate Ferry
(a) A person who owns land fronting a body of water may operate a public ferry across the water. (b) A person who owns land...
- Texas Section 342.052 - Bridge Or Ferry Company's Incorporation Statement
The articles of incorporation of a company organized to erect a bridge or operate a ferry must state the body of water that the bridge...
SUBCHAPTER C FERRY OPERATOR'S LICENSE AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 342.053 - Company's Geographical Claim
(a) The articles of incorporation of a company organized to erect and maintain a bridge or operate a ferry may specify the geographical area of...
- Texas Section 342.101 - License Requirement
A person may not operate a ferry for hire unless the person holds a license to operate the ferry issued under this chapter. Acts 1995,...
- Texas Section 342.102 - License Application
To obtain a license to operate a ferry a person must file an application with: (1) the commissioners court of the county in which the...
- Texas Section 342.103 - Issuance Of License
(a) The commissioners court shall approve an application for a license to operate a ferry for hire if the applicant: (1) shows that the applicant...
- Texas Section 342.104 - Bond; License Fee
(a) The holder of a license to operate a ferry annually shall execute a bond payable to and approved by the county judge conditioned on...
- Texas Section 342.105 - Ferry Operation Between Counties
(a) A person who holds a license to operate a ferry between two counties has the same rights and duties as a person licensed to...
- Texas Section 342.106 - Temporary License
(a) Between regular terms of a commissioners court of a county a person may obtain from the county judge a temporary license to operate a...
- Texas Section 342.107 - Duties Of Ferry Operator
The holder of a license to operate a ferry shall: (1) at all times maintain good, safe, and substantial boats in sufficient number to readily...
SUBCHAPTER D COUNTY REGULATION OF TOLLS
- Texas Section 342.108 - General County Authority Over Ferries
The commissioners court of a county may exercise general control over all ferries in the county. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec....
- Texas Section 342.201 - Tolls For Bridges And Ferries
The commissioners court of a county, by an order made at a regular term and entered on the minutes of the court, shall regulate the...
- Texas Section 342.202 - Establishing And Changing Ferry Toll Rates
(a) When a commissioners court issues a license to operate a ferry, the court shall state in its record the toll rate that may be...
- Texas Section 342.203 - Ferry Charge On Swimming Cow Or Horse
The commissioners court may not authorize a charge of more than one cent for each cow or horse swimming the river at a location for...
- Texas Section 342.204 - Refusal To Operate At Authorized Toll Rates
(a) If the holder of a license to operate a ferry refuses to operate at the toll rates authorized by the commissioners court, the court...
SUBCHAPTER E CIVIL LIABILITY OF BRIDGE OR FERRY OWNER AND OPERATOR
- Texas Section 342.205 - Charge Imposed On Certain Interstate Ferries
If a body of water forms a part of the boundary between this state and another state and the other state imposes a charge to...
- Texas Section 342.301 - Liability Of Bridge Or Ferry Owner
The owner of a toll bridge or ferry for hire is liable for damage caused by neglect, delay, or insufficiency of the bridge or ferry...
- Texas Section 342.302 - Operating Ferry Without License
(a) If a person operates a ferry for hire over a body of water and does not hold a license required under this chapter, the...
- Texas Section 342.303 - Charge Of Excessive Toll Rate
(a) If the holder of a license to operate a ferry charges and receives from a person a toll at a rate greater than the...
- Texas Section 342.304 - Failure To Serve
(a) If the holder of a license to operate a ferry, on being tendered the authorized toll, does not, without reasonable cause, transport a person...
- Texas Section 342.305 - Failure To Post Toll Rates
(a) The holder of a license to operate a ferry shall post and maintain at the ferry or ferry house for inspection a list of...
SUBCHAPTER F OFFENSES RELATING TO OPERATION OF FERRY
- Texas Section 342.306 - Recovery Under Bond Or From Surety
(a) A person injured by a license holder's violation of a condition of the bond required under Section 342.104 may sue on the bond in...
- Texas Section 342.401 - Failure To Perform Duties; Charging Excessive Toll Rate
A person who holds a license to operate a ferry shall be fined not less than $10 or more than $100 if the person: (1)...
- Texas Section 342.402 - Failure To Obtain License
A person shall be fined not less than $50 or more than $200 if the person violates Section 342.101. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165,...
Last modified: September 28, 2016