Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 91.103

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

The department may:
(1) enter into an agreement with a rail operator, public utility, private utility, communication system, common carrier, or transportation system for the common use of its facilities, installations, or properties; and
(2) establish through routes, joint fares, and, subject to approval of a tariff-regulating body having jurisdiction, divisions of tariffs.