{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-103.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 103.002","heading":"FRANCHISES.","body":"(a) This subtitle does not restrict the rights and powers of a municipality to grant or refuse a franchise to use the streets and alleys in the municipality or to make a statutory charge for that use.\n(b) A municipality that performs a regulatory function under this subtitle may make each charge that is authorized by:\n(1) this subtitle; or\n(2) the applicable franchise agreement.\n(c) A franchise agreement may not limit or interfere with a power conferred on the railroad commission by this subtitle.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 3. GAS REGULATION","SUBTITLE A. GAS UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","CHAPTER 103. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF MUNICIPALITY","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.103.htm#103.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"b6ae8f4f3b9dd2f119058ea25e0515fe4263dbaaa9f8f76cc83c6b2843d29e61","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-103.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-103.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}