Transportation Code § 173.002

Sec. 173.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means a district's board of directors. (2) "Commuter rail facility" means any property necessary for the transportation of passengers and baggage between locations in a district. The term includes rolling stock, locomotives, stations, parking areas, and rail lines. (2-a) "Commuter rail service" means the transportation of passengers and baggage by rail between locations in a district. (3) "Creating municipality" means a municipality described by Section 173.051(a). (4) "Director" means a board member. (5) "District" means an intermunicipal commuter rail district created under this chapter or under Article 6550c-1, Revised Statutes, as that article existed before April 1, 2011. (6) "District property" means property the district owns or leases under a long-term lease. (7) "System" means all of the commuter rail and intermodal facilities leased or owned by or operated on behalf of a district. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.04, eff. April 1, 2011. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1307 (H.B. 3030), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.