{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-37.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 37.053","heading":"APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE.","body":"(a) An electric utility that wants to obtain or amend a certificate must submit an application to the commission.\n(b) The applicant shall file with the commission evidence the commission requires to show the applicant has received the consent, franchise, or permit required by the proper municipal or other public authority.\n(c) The commission may not require the applicant to designate a preferred route for a proposed transmission line facility.\n(d) For transmission facilities ordered or approved by the commission under Chapter 37 or 39, the rights extended to an electric corporation under Section 181.004 include all public land, except land owned by the state, on which the commission has approved the construction of the line. This subsection does not limit a municipality's rights or an electric utility's obligations under Chapter 33. Nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted to prevent a public entity from expressing a route preference in a proceeding under this chapter.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1170 (H.B. 3309), Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2009.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 949 (H.B. 971), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 44 (S.B. 1938), Sec. 2, eff. May 16, 2019.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES","CHAPTER 37. CERTIFICATES OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY","SUBCHAPTER B. CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.37.htm#37.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"ac669b7af03156d396e9ea4fcf2f07befc829021317edc7851106f3e10b021dd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-37.0521","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-37.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}