Texas Local Government Code
§ 232.077 — CONNECTION OF UTILITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES
LG § 232.077Title 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES · Part B. COUNTY REGULATORY AUTHORITY · Ch. 232. COUNTY REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS · Art. C. SUBDIVISION PLATTING REQUIREMENTS IN CERTAIN ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COUNTIES
Statute text
View on source(a)This section applies only to a tract of land for which a plat is required under this subchapter.
(b)An entity described by Subsection (c) may not serve or connect any land with water, sewer, electricity, gas, or other utility service unless the entity has been presented with or otherwise holds a certificate applicable to the land issued under Section 232.076 stating that a plat has been reviewed and approved for the land.
(c)The prohibition established by Subsection (b) applies only to:
(1)a municipality, and officials of the municipality, that provides water, sewer, electricity, gas, or other utility service;
(2)a municipally owned or municipally operated utility that provides any of those services;
(3)a public utility that provides any of those services;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 377, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.36, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.