Texas Utilities Code

§ 103.002 — FRANCHISES

UT § 103.002Title 3. GAS REGULATION · Part A. GAS UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Ch. 103. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF MUNICIPALITY · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)This subtitle does not restrict the rights and powers of a municipality to grant or refuse a franchise to use the streets and alleys in the municipality or to make a statutory charge for that use.

(b)A municipality that performs a regulatory function under this subtitle may make each charge that is authorized by:

(1)this subtitle; or

(2)the applicable franchise agreement.

(c)A franchise agreement may not limit or interfere with a power conferred on the railroad commission by this subtitle.

Legislative history

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.