{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-12.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 12.051","heading":"APPOINTMENT; TERM.","body":"(a) The commission is composed of five commissioners appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.\n(b) An appointment to the commission shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee.\n(c) Commissioners serve staggered, six-year terms.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1052 (S.B. 2154), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2021.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL UTILITIES","CHAPTER 12. ORGANIZATION OF COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER B. COMMISSION APPOINTMENT AND FUNCTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.12.htm#12.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"e712c983de484944d51b5eb81864430a7d3c0c2e17bd3965c46b37607e235e8a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-12.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-12.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}