{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-103.022","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 103.022","heading":"RATE ASSISTANCE AND COST REIMBURSEMENT.","body":"(a) The governing body of a municipality participating in or conducting a ratemaking proceeding may engage rate consultants, accountants, auditors, attorneys, and engineers to:\n(1) conduct investigations, present evidence, and advise and represent the governing body; and\n(2) assist the governing body with litigation or a gas utility ratemaking proceeding before a regulatory authority or court.\n(b) The gas utility in the ratemaking proceeding shall reimburse the governing body of the municipality for the reasonable cost of the services of a person engaged under Subsection (a) to the extent the applicable regulatory authority determines reasonable.\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 B. RATE DETERMINATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.103.htm#103.022","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"253bc05561ddaf0d8753cf7311848a97c0d2e6a661a9cfa24a35c8a4ed740a89","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-103.021","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-103.023"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}