Tex. Water Code § 13.256 · Subchapter G. CERTIFICATES OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
COUNTY FEE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county with a population of more than 2.8 million may not charge a water and sewer utility a fee for the privilege of installing or replacing a water or sewer line in the county's right-of-way.
(b) This section does not affect a franchise agreement or other contract entered into before September 1, 1995.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 628, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 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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- sha256 79c5b4c31f113126ae8650fde1acee21370d7de59f56d8c1c8d4693b9464777a
- Composed by
- 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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