Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Utilities Code § 14.008: MUNICIPAL FRANCHISES.

Where this section sits in the code

UTILITIES CODE
TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT
SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL UTILITIES
CHAPTER 14. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF COMMISSION AND OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL POWERS OF COMMISSION

(a) This title does not restrict the rights and powers of a municipality to grant or refuse a franchise to use the streets and alleys in the municipality or to make a statutory charge for that use.

(b) A franchise agreement may not limit or interfere with a power conferred on the commission by this title.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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