{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-53.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 53.005","heading":"RATES FOR AREA NOT IN MUNICIPALITY.","body":"Without the approval of the commission, a public utility's rates for an area not in a municipality may not exceed 115 percent of the average of all rates for similar services for all municipalities served by the same utility in the same county as that area.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES","CHAPTER 53. RATES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.53.htm#53.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"2bc03a80e30b183afabf0d748616d317c7c5f6afe9f9bd93ad07c7048c4078b7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-53.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-53.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}