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

Tex. Utilities Code § 181.083: AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT LINE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

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  1. UTILITIES CODE
  2. TITLE 4. DELIVERY OF UTILITY SERVICES
  3. SUBTITLE B. PROVISIONS REGULATING DELIVERY OF SERVICES
  4. CHAPTER 181. MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES OF UTILITIES
  5. SUBCHAPTER E. PROVISIONS APPLYING TO TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS

A telephone or telegraph corporation may enter land in which a private person or a corporation owns a fee or lesser estate to:

(1) make a preliminary survey or examination to prepare for the construction of a telephone or telegraph line;

(2) change the location of a part of a telephone or telegraph line as necessary; or

(3) construct or repair a telephone or telegraph line.

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

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