Tex. Util. Code § 13.021 · Subchapter B. PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL
APPOINTMENT; TERM.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The chief executive of the office is the counsellor.
(b) The counsellor is appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.
(c) The appointment of the counsellor shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee.
(d) The counsellor serves a two-year term that expires on February 1 of the final year of the term.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.13.htm
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