{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-14.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 14.008","heading":"MUNICIPAL FRANCHISES.","body":"(a) This title 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 franchise agreement may not limit or interfere with a power conferred on the commission by this title.\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 14. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF COMMISSION AND OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL POWERS OF COMMISSION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.14.htm#14.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"634017e7c43e3151b83c040d361d27cbc7ccd69d502d6711d43fd1f806628eff","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-14.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-14.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}