{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.084","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 181.084","heading":"APPROPRIATION OR CONDEMNATION OF LAND.","body":"A telephone or telegraph corporation has the right to:\n(1) appropriate as much land owned by a private person or a corporation as is necessary to construct a facility; or\n(2) condemn land to acquire a right-of-way or other interest in the land for the use of the telephone or telegraph 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 E. PROVISIONS APPLYING TO TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.181.htm#181.084","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"390847e171a13aa5f6fd516f48c092b93ab4f3cac0e0843e6d472f9136fbec71","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.083","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.085"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}