2 Ways Texas Laws Can Block High Speed Rail

The questions will be first answered by Attorney General Opinion request, RQ-0113-KP, and in all likelihood later answered by the courts.

• Is Texas Central Rail a railroad under Texas law, if it hasn’t built a railroad?
• Does Texas law grant Texas Central Rail eminent domain authority, if it isn’t a railroad? or, if it is a railroad?

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