Texas Utilities Code

§ 14.008 — MUNICIPAL FRANCHISES

UT § 14.008Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL UTILITIES · Ch. 14. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF COMMISSION AND OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITIES · Art. A. GENERAL POWERS OF COMMISSION

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(a)This title 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 franchise agreement may not limit or interfere with a power conferred on the commission by this title.

Legislative history

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