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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorization for a private entity to enter onto |
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property to survey for a proposed high-speed rail project. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 5, Business & Commerce Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 113 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 113. TRANSPORTATION BUSINESSES |
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Sec. 113.0001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "high-speed |
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rail" means passenger rail service that is reasonably expected to |
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reach speeds of 110 miles per hour. |
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Sec. 113.0002. ENTRY ONTO PROPERTY: EXAMINATION OR SURVEY |
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FOR HIGH-SPEED RAIL. A private entity, or a third party contracted |
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by or on behalf of the private entity, may not enter on the lands or |
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waters of any person or corporation to make an examination or |
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survey, including a lineal survey, for a proposed high-speed rail |
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project unless the entity has the funding necessary to complete the |
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project. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |