Bill Text: TX SB1990 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the powers of certain freight rail districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective immediately [SB1990 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1990-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1990 | ||
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| relating to the powers of certain freight rail districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 171.053, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 171.053. INTERMUNICIPAL COMMUTER RAIL DISTRICT POWERS | ||
| AND ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. The governing bodies of the | ||
| county or counties and of the most populous municipality in the most | ||
| populous county may provide that the district: | ||
| (1) may exercise the powers of an intermunicipal | ||
| commuter rail district created under Chapter 173 or former Article | ||
| 6550c-1, Revised Statutes, including the powers related to a | ||
| commuter rail facility and other types of passenger rail services, | ||
| including intercity rail services, by specifying in the concurrent | ||
| order or ordinance creating the district that those powers may be | ||
| exercised by the district; and | ||
| (2) may provide advanced transportation, as defined by | ||
| Section 451.701, by specifying in the concurrent order or ordinance | ||
| creating the district that the district may provide those services. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1990 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2021, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1990 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 104, | ||
| Nays 43, two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
