(a) The purposes of this chapter are:
- (1) the promotion and development of public transportation facilities and systems by new and alternative means;
- (2) the expansion and improvement of transportation facilities and systems;
- (3) the creation of corporations to secure and obtain rights-of-way for urgently needed transportation systems and to assist in the planning and design of those systems;
- (4) the reduction of burdens and demands on the limited funds available to the commission and an increase in the effectiveness and efficiency of the commission; and
- (5) the promotion and development of transportation facilities and systems that are public, not private, in nature, although these facilities and systems may benefit private interests as well as the public.
- (b) This chapter shall be liberally construed to give effect to the purposes of this chapter.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.