Tex. Gov't Code § 2170.008 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
RATE INTERVENTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the department determines there is sufficient economic impact on state government, the department may intervene on behalf of state agencies in telecommunications rate cases and may hire special counsel and expert witnesses to prepare and present testimony.
(b) The attorney general shall represent the department before the courts in all appeals from rate cases in which the department intervenes.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1422, Sec. 4.21, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2170.htm
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