Tex. Util. Code § 253.0004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
NO STATE CERTIFICATION; NO REGULATORY AUTHORITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This chapter does not constitute state certification under 47 U.S.C. Section 224. If a court determines that this chapter constitutes certification under that section, this chapter is not enforceable and has no effect.
(b) This chapter may not be construed to subject an electric cooperative to regulation by the Federal Communications Commission under 47 U.S.C. Section 224.
(c) This chapter does not authorize a department, agency, or political subdivision of this state to exercise enforcement or regulatory authority over attachments to electric cooperative poles.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 659 (H.B. 1505), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.
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.253.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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