{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-163.075","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 163.075","heading":"NATURE OF AGENCY.","body":"(a) An agency is a:\n(1) separate municipal corporation;\n(2) political subdivision of this state; and\n(3) political entity and corporate body.\n(b) An agency may not impose a tax but has all the other powers relating to municipally owned utilities and provided by law to a municipality that owns a public utility.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1162 (S.B. 776), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 4. DELIVERY OF UTILITY SERVICES","SUBTITLE A. UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND OTHER PROVIDERS","CHAPTER 163. JOINT POWERS AGENCIES","SUBCHAPTER C-1. ALTERNATE GOVERNANCE FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.163.htm#163.075","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"c2ebfefda1d5880c688d6a973a07ae0b1e0c826398f7abbe6f830eb58e2f6276","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-163.074","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-163.076"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}