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

Tex. Utilities Code § 181.902: AUTHORITY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY TO PREVENT USE OR WASTE OF UTILITY COMMODITY OR SERVICE.

Where this section sits in the code

UTILITIES CODE
TITLE 4. DELIVERY OF UTILITY SERVICES
SUBTITLE B. PROVISIONS REGULATING DELIVERY OF SERVICES
CHAPTER 181. MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES OF UTILITIES
SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

(a) The governing body of a general-law municipality may adopt an ordinance that prevents the free or unauthorized use or the waste of a commodity or service furnished by a utility that uses the streets and public grounds of the municipality.

(b) In this section, "utility" has the meaning assigned to the term by Section 181.901.

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

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