Tex. Util. Code § 181.901 · Subchapter Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
AUTHORITY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY TO PROTECT UTILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governing body of a general-law municipality may adopt an ordinance that applies to a utility using the streets and public grounds of the municipality and that protects the utility:
(1) in the free enjoyment of the utility's rights and privileges; and
(2) from interference with the utility's property and franchises.
(b) In this section, "utility" means a person, company, or corporation engaged in furnishing water, gas, telephone, light, power, or sewage service to the public.
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.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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