{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-33.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 33.004","heading":"AREA EXEMPT FROM COMMISSION REGULATION.","body":"(a) If a municipality does not surrender its jurisdiction, local utility service in the municipality is exempt from regulation by the commission under this subtitle to the extent that this subtitle applies to local service.\n(b) The municipality may exercise in the exempt area the same regulatory powers under the same standards and rules as the commission or under other consistent standards and rules.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES","CHAPTER 33. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF MUNICIPALITY","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.33.htm#33.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"f8d723233ebddcdbe82e5fbce03e5662e4d5ca2a70a568bb1f8e8acdd500b74e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-33.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-33.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}