Tex. Util. Code § 51.007 · Chapter 51. GENERAL PROVISIONS
MUNICIPAL STANDING IN CERTAIN CASES.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A municipality has standing in each case before the commission that relates to a utility providing service in the municipality.
(b) A municipality's standing is subject to the right of the commission to:
(1) determine standing in a case involving a retail service area dispute that involves two or more utilities; and
(2) consolidate municipalities on an issue of common interest.
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.51.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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