Section 172.211 - Other Powers of County, District, and Navigation District(a) This section applies only to a county that: (1) is adjacent to a county with a population of four million or more; (2) has a population of 370,000 or more; and (3) has created a district by concurrent order with an adjacent county pursuant to Section 172.052. (b) A county acting through the commissioners court or a local government corporation may adopt an order that authorizes the county and a navigation district located wholly or partly in the county to:(1) develop rail facilities as a qualifying project under Chapter 2267, Government Code; and(2) issue bonds for rail facilities secured by a pledge of the revenues of the facilities, including contract revenue, grant revenue, or other revenue collected in connection with the facilities.(c) If each county that created a district adopts an order described by Subsection (b), the district may exercise the powers described by that subsection.Tex. Transp. Code § 172.211
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 644,Sec. 240, eff. 9/1/2023.Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 786 (H.B. 2557), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2017.