{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.901","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 181.901","heading":"AUTHORITY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY TO PROTECT UTILITY.","body":"(a) The governing body of a general-law municipality may adopt an ordinance that applies to a utility using the streets and public grounds of the municipality and that protects the utility:\n(1) in the free enjoyment of the utility's rights and privileges; and\n(2) from interference with the utility's property and franchises.\n(b) In this section, \"utility\" means a person, company, or corporation engaged in furnishing water, gas, telephone, light, power, or sewage service to the public.\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 Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.181.htm#181.901","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"2902f318646fe3a50aa886554e799ebf5d8d3c25025b802de903d70ce6cc2c10","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.104","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-181.902"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}