Tex. Util. Code § 103.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
FRANCHISES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This subtitle does not restrict the rights and powers of a municipality to grant or refuse a franchise to use the streets and alleys in the municipality or to make a statutory charge for that use.
(b) A municipality that performs a regulatory function under this subtitle may make each charge that is authorized by:
(1) this subtitle; or
(2) the applicable franchise agreement.
(c) A franchise agreement may not limit or interfere with a power conferred on the railroad commission by this subtitle.
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.103.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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