Tex. Utilities Code § 14.008
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 14.008, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 14.008. MUNICIPAL FRANCHISES.
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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.
(b) A franchise agreement may not limit or interfere with a power conferred on the commission by this title.
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