Transportation Code § 311.052

Sec. 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, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.