Section 91.102 - Contracts With Rail Operators(a) The department may lease all or part of a rail facility or system to a rail operator. The department may contract with a rail operator for the use or operation of all or part of a rail facility or system.(b) The department shall encourage to the maximum extent practical the participation of private enterprise in the operation of rail facilities and systems.(c) A lease agreement shall provide for the department's monitoring of a rail operator's service and performance.(d) The department may enter into an agreement with a rail operator to sell all or any part of state-owned rail facilities on terms the department considers to be in the best interest of the state.Tex. Transp. Code § 91.102
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 4.01, eff. June 21, 2003.