Sec. 453.103. TRANSIT DEPARTMENT SYSTEM

(a) A transit department may in the municipality creating the transit department:

(1) acquire, construct, own, operate, and maintain a transit department system;

(2) use any public way; and

(3) construct, repair, and maintain a municipal street, as authorized by the governing body of the municipality.

(b) In the exercise of a power under Subsection (a), a transit department may relocate or reroute, or alter the construction of, any public or private property, including:

(1) an alley, road, street, or railroad;

(2) an electric line and facility;

(3) a telegraph and telephone property and facility;

(4) a pipeline and facility; and

(5) a conduit and facility.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.