Tex. Util. Code § 186.002 · Subchapter A. CONTINUITY OF UTILITY SERVICE
POLICY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Continuous service by a public utility is essential to the life, health, and safety of the public. A person's wilful interruption of that service is a public calamity that cannot be endured.
(b) A public utility is dedicated to public service. The primary duty of a public utility, including its management and employees, is to maintain continuous and adequate service at all times to protect the safety and health of the public against the danger inherent in the interruption of service.
(c) Each court and administrative agency of this state shall:
(1) recognize the policy stated in this section; and
(2) interpret and apply this subchapter in accordance with that policy.
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.186.htm
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- sha256 579383a1599267bf557db4c3c62943f3ed9a391d262241d7826263647c8cf9ce
- Composed by
- 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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