{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-572.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 572.052","heading":"CREATION OF PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY.","body":"(a) Public entities may create a public utility agency by concurrent ordinances.\n(b) A public entity may join in the creation of a public utility agency under this subchapter only if, at the time the concurrent ordinance is adopted, the entity has the authority to engage in the collection, transportation, treatment, or disposal of sewage or the conservation, storage, transportation, treatment, or distribution of water. This subsection does not prohibit a public entity from disposing of a facility after creation of the agency.\n(c) A public utility agency is a:\n(1) separate agency;\n(2) political subdivision of this state;\n(3) political entity and corporate body; and\n(4) retail public utility for the purposes of Chapter 13, Water Code.\n(d) A public utility agency may not impose a tax but has all the other powers and obligations that are related to facilities and that are provided by law to a municipality that owns a facility, except as provided by Section 572.061.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nRenumbered from Local Government Code, Section 422.052 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(c)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 90 (S.B. 1169), Sec. 4, eff. May 20, 2025.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 13. WATER AND UTILITIES","SUBTITLE C. WATER PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 572. PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCIES FOR PROVISION OF WATER OR SEWER SERVICE","SUBCHAPTER C. PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.572.htm#572.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"3d23a7f8b016e848f89daea4e1e7a41f962771c01f904b20bd139279887dcd43","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-572.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-572.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}