{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-552.904","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 552.904","heading":"LEASE OF NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.","body":"(a) A municipality that owns its natural gas distribution system and that has conducted an election before July 13, 1959, that resulted in a vote to sell the system may, by majority vote of the governing body, enter a contract to lease the system to any person. The municipality may also grant an option to the lessee or other person to purchase the system at a price specified or determined in the manner provided by the lease or option contract.\n(b) If the municipality has any outstanding bonds that are payable from the revenues of the system, unless the municipality provides for the full payment of the bonds with interest to their maturities or to the date the bonds are to be redeemed before maturity, it may not enter a lease or option contract except under the conditions specified in the ordinance that authorized the bonds.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.\nRenumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.904 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 13. WATER AND UTILITIES","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL WATER AND UTILITIES","CHAPTER 552. MUNICIPAL UTILITIES","SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.552.htm#552.904","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"b18a6aa4b39ee24659485956adca16b3aaf9951f99855333865504f8cd4dafd7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-552.903","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-552.905"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}