{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2170.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2170.008","heading":"RATE INTERVENTION.","body":"(a) If the department determines there is sufficient economic impact on state government, the department may intervene on behalf of state agencies in telecommunications rate cases and may hire special counsel and expert witnesses to prepare and present testimony.\n(b) The attorney general shall represent the department before the courts in all appeals from rate cases in which the department intervenes.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1422, Sec. 4.21, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE D. STATE PURCHASING AND GENERAL SERVICES","CHAPTER 2170. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2170.htm#2170.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"7cbe35f90258b1e9a0745cc534c44ecef52da8c329a66cad613090468ed1a3f5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2170.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2170.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}