Tex. Util. Code § 101.053 · Subchapter B. OFFICE OF PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL
PROHIBITED ACTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The counsellor may not:
(1) have a direct or indirect interest in a gas utility company regulated under this subtitle; or
(2) provide legal services directly or indirectly to or be employed in any capacity by a gas utility company regulated under this subtitle, its parent, or its subsidiary companies, corporations, or cooperatives.
(b) The prohibition under Subsection (a) applies during the period of the counsellor's service and until the first anniversary of the date the counsellor ceases to serve as counsellor.
(c) This section does not prohibit a person from otherwise engaging in the private practice of law after the person ceases to serve as counsellor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.101.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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