Tex. Util. Code § 181.044 · Subchapter C. PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ELECTRIC UTILITIES
NOTICE TO STATE OR COUNTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An electric utility proposing under this subchapter to construct a line along the right-of-way of a state highway or a county road not in a municipality shall give notice of the proposal to:
(1) the Texas Transportation Commission if the proposal relates to a state highway; or
(2) the commissioners court of the county if the proposal relates to a county road.
(b) On receipt of the notice, the Texas Transportation Commission or the commissioners court may designate the location along the right-of-way where the electric utility may construct the line.
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.181.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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