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By: Kolkhorst |
S.B. No. 1601 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2015; March 23, 2015, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; |
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April 13, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 4; April 13, 2015, |
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sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1601 |
By: Kolkhorst |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to railroads in this state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 81.001, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows: |
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(3) "High-speed rail" means intercity passenger rail |
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service that is reasonably expected to reach speeds of at least 110 |
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miles per hour. |
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SECTION 2. Section 81.002, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 81.002. APPLICABILITY. In this title, a reference to a |
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railroad company means [includes]: |
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(1) a railroad initially incorporated before |
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September 1, 2007, under former Title 112, Revised Statutes; or |
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(2) any other legal entity operating a railroad, |
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including an entity organized under the Texas Business Corporation |
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Act or the Texas Corporation Law provisions of the Business |
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Organizations Code, that owns or leases: |
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(A) locomotives and passenger or freight rail |
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cars; and |
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(B) rights-of-way used for the purposes of |
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transporting people or goods by rail between at least two |
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terminuses. |
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SECTION 3. Section 112.002, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(5), a company that |
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operates a high-speed rail system may not exercise the power of |
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eminent domain for the system. |
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SECTION 4. Section 111.103(a), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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