Bill Text: TX SB424 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of state money for high-speed rail operated by a private entity and to the construction of certain high-speed rail.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-02-03 - Referred to Finance [SB424 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB424-Introduced.html
| By: Eckhardt | S.B. No. 424 | |
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| relating to the use of state money for high-speed rail operated by a | ||
| private entity and to the construction of certain high-speed rail. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 91, Transportation Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter G to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER G. HIGH-SPEED RAIL | ||
| Sec. 91.130. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "high-speed | ||
| rail" means intercity passenger rail service that is reasonably | ||
| expected to reach speeds of at least 110 miles per hour. | ||
| Sec. 91.131. CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH-SPEED RAIL. The | ||
| department shall enter into a comprehensive development agreement | ||
| with a private entity to construct, maintain, and operate | ||
| high-speed rail connecting Dallas to Austin to San Antonio along | ||
| the Interstate Highway 35 corridor. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 199.003, Transportation Code, is | ||
| repealed. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
