Tex. Water Code § 13.251 · Subchapter G. CERTIFICATES OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
SALE, ASSIGNMENT, OR LEASE OF CERTIFICATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Except as provided by Section 13.255, a utility or a water supply or sewer service corporation may not sell, assign, or lease a certificate of public convenience and necessity or any right obtained under a certificate unless the utility commission has determined that the purchaser, assignee, or lessee is capable of rendering adequate and continuous service to every consumer within the certified area, after considering the factors under Section 13.246(c). The sale, assignment, or lease shall be on the conditions prescribed by the utility commission.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 3.005, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 539, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 567, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 170 (H.B. 1600), Sec. 2.52, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 171 (S.B. 567), Sec. 52, eff. September 1, 2013.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.13.htm
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Special District Local Laws Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 7886.0204ELECTION RESULTS.Printed as Section 13.251, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 7886.0205AGREEMENT AND ORDER RELATING TO DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT.Printed as Section 13.251, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8808.154COMMISSION DETERMINATION OF DISTRICT CAPABILITY FOR SERVICE.Printed as Section 13.251, Water Code
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