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| 1 | 1 | 86R11409 BEE-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Leman H.B. No. 2716 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to authorization for a private entity to enter onto | |
| 8 | 8 | property to survey for a proposed high-speed rail project. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 5, Business & Commerce Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Chapter 113 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | CHAPTER 113. TRANSPORTATION BUSINESSES | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 113.0001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "high-speed | |
| 14 | 14 | rail" means passenger rail service that is reasonably expected to | |
| 15 | 15 | reach speeds of 110 miles per hour. | |
| 16 | 16 | Sec. 113.0002. ENTRY ONTO PROPERTY: EXAMINATION OR SURVEY | |
| 17 | 17 | FOR HIGH-SPEED RAIL. A private entity, or a third party contracted | |
| 18 | 18 | by or on behalf of the private entity, may not enter on the lands or | |
| 19 | 19 | waters of any person or corporation to make an examination or | |
| 20 | 20 | survey, including a lineal survey, for a proposed high-speed rail | |
| 21 | 21 | project unless the entity has the funding necessary to complete the | |
| 22 | 22 | project. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |