Tex. Util. Code § 37.152 · Subchapter D. REGULATION OF SERVICES, AREAS, AND FACILITIES
GROUNDS FOR REDUCTION OF SERVICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Unless the commission issues a certificate that the present and future convenience and necessity will not be adversely affected, a certificate holder may not discontinue, reduce, or impair service to any part of the holder's certificated service area except for:
(1) nonpayment of charges;
(2) nonuse; or
(3) another similar reason that occurs in the usual course of business.
(b) A discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service must be in compliance with and subject to any condition or restriction the commission prescribes.
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.37.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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