{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.043","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 181.043","heading":"CONSENT REQUIRED IN MUNICIPALITY.","body":"(a) An electric utility may exercise authority under Section 181.042 in a municipality with the consent of and subject to the direction of the governing body of the municipality.\n(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a municipal electric utility exercising authority under Section 181.042 in its municipal territory.\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#181.043","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"9e73784419ba5eecc2854c48f905d3dc0f816b577fb2bc16c49ce2ee55e14a4e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.042","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.044"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}