{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-261.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 261.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"(a) In this chapter:\n(1) \"Utility\" means a person engaged in this state in:\n(A) generating, transmitting, or distributing and selling electric power;\n(B) transporting, distributing, and selling, through a local distribution system, natural or other gas for domestic, commercial, industrial, or other use;\n(C) owning or operating a pipeline to transmit or sell natural or other gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil, or petroleum products to another pipeline company or to a refinery, local distribution system, municipality, or industrial consumer;\n(D) providing telephone or telegraph service to others;\n(E) producing, transmitting, or distributing and selling steam or water;\n(F) operating a railroad; or\n(G) providing sewer service to others.\n(2) \"Utility security instrument\" means:\n(A) a mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or other instrument executed to secure payment of a bond, note, or other obligation of a utility; or\n(B) an instrument that supplements or amends an instrument described by Paragraph (A), including a signed copy of the instrument.\n(b) The definitions in Chapters 1 and 9 apply to this chapter.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 8. SECURITY INSTRUMENTS","CHAPTER 261. UTILITY SECURITY INSTRUMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.261.htm#261.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"dfbfb4556b09e2b544b1f57364b13ff5e5597cd4d15a5db99918ab5563f8390f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-254.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-261.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}