By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 981
(In the Senate - Filed February 21, 2017; March 6, 2017,
read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
April 6, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 1; April 6, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the compatibility of a high-speed rail facility with
multiple types of train technology.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 112, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 112.063 to read as follows:
Sec. 112.063. HIGH-SPEED RAIL TECHNOLOGIES. (a) In this
section:
(1) "High-speed rail" means intercity passenger
service that is reasonably expected to reach speeds of at least 110
miles per hour.
(2) "Rail facility" has the meaning assigned by
Section 91.001.
(b) A private entity that constructs a rail facility for
high-speed rail service shall ensure that the facility is
compatible with more than one type of train technology.
(c) The department shall adopt rules as necessary to
implement this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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