Tex. Util. Code § 54.257 · Subchapter F. REGULATION OF SERVICES, AREAS, AND FACILITIES

INTERFERENCE WITH ANOTHER TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITY.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

If a telecommunications utility constructing or extending the utility's lines, plant, or system interferes or attempts to interfere with the operation of a line, plant, or system of another utility, the commission by order may:

(1) prohibit the construction or extension; or

(2) prescribe terms for locating the affected lines, plants, or systems.

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.54.htm
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Utilities Code

Tex. Util. Code § 65.102REQUIREMENTS.Printed as Sections 54.001, 54.002, 54.003, 54.004, 54.005, 54.006, 54.008(a), 54.101, 54.102, 54.103, 54.105, 54.151, 54.156, 54.158, 54.159, 54.255, 54.256, 54.257, 54.259, 54.260, and 54.261

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