{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-212.174","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 212.174","heading":"MUNICIPAL UTILITIES.","body":"A municipality may not require a contract as a condition for providing water, sewer, electricity, gas, or other utility service from a municipally owned or municipally operated utility that provides any of those services.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 522, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 678 (H.B. 1929), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY","CHAPTER 212. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT","SUBCHAPTER G. AGREEMENT GOVERNING CERTAIN LAND IN A MUNICIPALITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.212.htm#212.174","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"e5748701b099466a0916eb8f2bb4e4288771619c68e494b81bdf5cbd79abc163","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-212.173","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-212.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}