Tex. Utilities Code § 121.052
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 121.052, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 121.052.
Official statutory text
Sec. 121.052. PIPELINES: MONOPOLIES SUBJECT TO RAILROAD COMMISSION. (a) The operation of a pipeline for buying, selling, transporting, producing, or otherwise dealing in natural gas is a business which in its nature and according to the established method of conducting the business is a monopoly.
(b) A business described by this section may not be conducted unless the gas pipeline used in connection with the business is subject to the jurisdiction conferred by this chapter on the railroad commission.
(c) The attorney general shall enforce this section by injunction or other remedy.
(b) A business described by this section may not be conducted unless the gas pipeline used in connection with the business is subject to the jurisdiction conferred by this chapter on the railroad commission.
(c) The attorney general shall enforce this section by injunction or other remedy.
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