By: Miles S.B. No. 1990
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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. The governing bodies of the county or counties and of the
  most populous municipality in the most populous county may provide
  that the district 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
  and advanced transportation technologies, including intercity rail
  services, bus rapid transit, and other modes of service, by
  specifying in the concurrent order or ordinance creating the
  district that those powers may be exercised by the district.
         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.