{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-13.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 13.021","heading":"APPOINTMENT; TERM.","body":"(a) The chief executive of the office is the counsellor.\n(b) The counsellor is appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.\n(c) The appointment of the counsellor shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee.\n(d) The counsellor serves a two-year term that expires on February 1 of the final year of the term.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL UTILITIES","CHAPTER 13. OFFICE OF PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL","SUBCHAPTER B. PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.13.htm#13.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"2679501904059dfdb6235c1b8edb28b6aeb401c83a4acffeaca8f9688cf4f3ea","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-13.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-13.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}