Tex. Local Government Code § 232.077
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 232.077, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 232.077. CONNECTION OF UTILITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Official statutory text
(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;
(4) a water supply or sewer service corporation organized and operating under Chapter 67, Water Code, that provides any of those services;
(5) a county that provides any of those services; and
(6) a special district or authority created by or under state law that provides any of those services.
(d) The prohibition established by Subsection (b) applies only to land that an entity described by Subsection (c) first serves or first connects with services:
(1) between September 1, 1989, and June 16, 1995; or
(2) after the effective date of 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;
(4) a water supply or sewer service corporation organized and operating under Chapter 67, Water Code, that provides any of those services;
(5) a county that provides any of those services; and
(6) a special district or authority created by or under state law that provides any of those services.
(d) The prohibition established by Subsection (b) applies only to land that an entity described by Subsection (c) first serves or first connects with services:
(1) between September 1, 1989, and June 16, 1995; or
(2) after the effective date of this subchapter.
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