{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-163.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 163.101","heading":"CREATION.","body":"(a) Notwithstanding Section 163.054, two or more public entities may create a municipal power agency governed by Subchapter C if the entities:\n(1) are municipalities;\n(2) are engaged in the distribution and sale of electric energy to the public; and\n(3) receive a major portion of their power through or from an interstate electric system.\n(b) The entities must comply with the provisions of Subchapter C relating to the creation of a municipal power agency, including the concurrent ordinance and election provisions.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 4. DELIVERY OF UTILITY SERVICES","SUBTITLE A. UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND OTHER PROVIDERS","CHAPTER 163. JOINT POWERS AGENCIES","SUBCHAPTER D. AGENCY RECEIVING POWER THROUGH INTERSTATE SYSTEM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.163.htm#163.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"5ee18d98501912fb480fdb3fda917aac25bcfa18db8914f730ddb78620a46df4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-163.090","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-163.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}