Texas Utilities Code

§ 102.001 — RAILROAD COMMISSION JURISDICTION

UT § 102.001Title 3. GAS REGULATION · Part A. GAS UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Ch. 102. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF RAILROAD COMMISSION AND OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITIES · Art. A. GENERAL POWERS OF RAILROAD COMMISSION

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(a)The railroad commission has exclusive original jurisdiction over the rates and services of a gas utility:

(1)that distributes natural gas or synthetic natural gas in:

(A)areas outside a municipality; and

(B)areas inside a municipality that surrenders its jurisdiction to the railroad commission under Section 103.003; and

(2)that transmits, transports, delivers, or sells natural gas or synthetic natural gas to a gas utility that distributes the gas to the public.

(b)The railroad commission has exclusive appellate jurisdiction to review an order or ordinance of a municipality exercising exclusive original jurisdiction as provided by this subtitle.

Legislative history

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1233, Sec. 63, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.