Tex. Util. Code § 181.902 · Subchapter Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
AUTHORITY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY TO PREVENT USE OR WASTE OF UTILITY COMMODITY OR SERVICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governing body of a general-law municipality may adopt an ordinance that prevents the free or unauthorized use or the waste of a commodity or service furnished by a utility that uses the streets and public grounds of the municipality.
(b) In this section, "utility" has the meaning assigned to the term by Section 181.901.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.181.htm
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