Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 572.054 · Subchapter C. PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCIES
NOTICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governing body of each public entity that participates in the creation of a public utility agency shall publish notice of its intention to create the agency in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the entity is located.
(a-1) The governing body of a public entity that proposes to be added to an existing public utility agency shall publish notice of its intention to be added to the agency in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the entity is located.
(b) A notice under this section must be published once a week for two consecutive weeks. The first publication must appear at least 14 days before the date set for passage of the concurrent ordinance.
(c) The notice must state:
(1) the date, time, and location at which the governing body proposes to adopt the concurrent ordinance; and
(2) that a public utility agency will be created or a public entity will be added to an agency on the date on which the concurrent ordinances take effect, as applicable.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 422.054 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(c)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 667 (S.B. 1596), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2011.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.572.htm
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