Texas Utilities Code

§ 33.003 — REINSTATEMENT OF MUNICIPAL JURISDICTION

UT § 33.003Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part B. ELECTRIC UTILITIES · Ch. 33. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF MUNICIPALITY · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)A municipality that surrenders its jurisdiction to the commission may at any time reinstate its jurisdiction by a vote of the electorate.

(b)A municipality that reinstates its jurisdiction under Subsection (a) may not surrender that jurisdiction before the fifth anniversary of the date of the election in which the municipality elected to reinstate its jurisdiction.

(c)A municipality may not, by a vote of the electorate, reinstate the jurisdiction of the governing body during the time a case involving the municipality is pending before the commission.

Legislative history

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