{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-33.023","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 33.023","heading":"RATEMAKING PROCEEDINGS.","body":"(a) The governing body of a municipality participating in or conducting a ratemaking proceeding may engage rate consultants, accountants, auditors, attorneys, and engineers to:\n(1) conduct investigations, present evidence, and advise and represent the governing body; and\n(2) assist the governing body with litigation in an electric utility ratemaking proceeding before the governing body, a regulatory authority, or a court.\n(b) The electric utility in the ratemaking proceeding shall reimburse the governing body of the municipality for the reasonable cost of the services of a person engaged under Subsection (a) to the extent the applicable regulatory authority determines is reasonable.\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 B. RATE DETERMINATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.33.htm#33.023","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"d86e85ca72381272e5c1438139ea116959b2f288d355b26499a7e2e261530c99","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-33.022","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-33.024"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}