{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 181.007","heading":"AUTHORITY TO HOLD LAND OR OTHER PROPERTY.","body":"A gas or electric corporation has the power to own, hold, or use land, a right-of-way, an easement, a franchise, or a building or other structure as necessary for the purpose of the corporation.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 4. DELIVERY OF UTILITY SERVICES","SUBTITLE B. PROVISIONS REGULATING DELIVERY OF SERVICES","CHAPTER 181. MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES OF UTILITIES","SUBCHAPTER A. POWERS AND DUTIES OF GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.181.htm#181.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"f6340112d3b903210087b9ab432078bbd1d3fb0b5d63e21ac152ad9b8710b976","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}