{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.042","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 181.042","heading":"AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE LINES.","body":"An electric utility has the right to construct, maintain, and operate lines over, under, across, on, or along a state highway, a county road, a municipal street or alley, or other public property in a municipality.\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 C. PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ELECTRIC UTILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.181.htm#181.042","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"073cd20a11cce48df2cd74ae245214c21e3a34bebeeeaf72642486bd56ca6a62","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.041","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.043"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}