{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-37.153","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 37.153","heading":"REQUIRED REFUSAL OF SERVICE.","body":"A certificate holder shall refuse to serve a customer in the holder's certificated area if the holder is prohibited from providing the service under Section 212.012, 232.029, or 232.0291, Local Government Code.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 708 (S.B. 425), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES","CHAPTER 37. CERTIFICATES OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY","SUBCHAPTER D. REGULATION OF SERVICES, AREAS, AND FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.37.htm#37.153","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"3a5e471fd4d9c68a823085cbdc60760aef0dde2a843f547244b19e0831118a01","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-37.152","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-37.154"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}