Tex. Transportation Code § 111.002

This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 111.002, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.

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§ 111.002. POWER AND AUTHORITY.

Official statutory text

To the extent not preempted by federal law, the department:

(1) has power and authority over:

(A) railroads, including suburban, belt, and terminal railroads;

(B) public wharves, docks, piers, elevators, warehouses, sheds, tracks, and other property used in connection with railroads; and

(C) persons, associations, and private or municipal corporations that own or operate a railroad, or a wharf, dock, pier, elevator, warehouse, shed, track, or other property used in connection with a railroad; and

(2) shall govern and regulate those railroads, persons, associations, and corporations and prevent abuses in the conduct of their business.

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