Tex. Transportation Code § 451.609
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 451.609, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 451.609. EFFECT OF WITHDRAWAL.
Official statutory text
(a) On the effective date of a withdrawal from an authority:
(1) the authority shall, except as provided by Section 451.610, cease providing transportation services in the withdrawn unit of election; and
(2) the financial obligations of the authority attributable to the withdrawn unit of election cease to accrue.
(b) Withdrawal from an authority does not affect the right of the authority to travel through the territory of the unit of election to provide service to a unit of election that is a part of the authority.
(c) Taxes of the authority continue to be collected in the territory of a withdrawn unit of election after withdrawal until the net financial obligation of the unit of election to the authority has been collected.
(1) the authority shall, except as provided by Section 451.610, cease providing transportation services in the withdrawn unit of election; and
(2) the financial obligations of the authority attributable to the withdrawn unit of election cease to accrue.
(b) Withdrawal from an authority does not affect the right of the authority to travel through the territory of the unit of election to provide service to a unit of election that is a part of the authority.
(c) Taxes of the authority continue to be collected in the territory of a withdrawn unit of election after withdrawal until the net financial obligation of the unit of election to the authority has been collected.
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