{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.063","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 181.063","heading":"EXCEPTIONS.","body":"(a) A telegraph company is not required to transfer a message to another line if:\n(1) the message originated on the company's line; and\n(2) the company can deliver the message directly to its intended recipient on the company's lines.\n(b) A telegraph company is not required to receive a message from another's line and transmit the message to its final destination if the message originated at a location on the company's lines.\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 D. PROVISIONS APPLYING TO TELEGRAPH COMPANIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.181.htm#181.063","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"d30aa04635274eececcea6c59d8f4efc151df5dde4e8ad49f8865f3c4204b4bb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.062","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.064"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}