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