Tex. Utilities Code § 181.025
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 181.025, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 181.025. RELOCATION OF GAS FACILITY TO ALLOW CHANGE TO TRAFFIC LANE.
Official statutory text
(a) The authority of the Texas Transportation Commission under this section is limited to a gas facility on a state highway not in a municipality. The authority of the commissioners court under this section is limited to a gas facility on a county road not in a municipality.
(b) The Texas Transportation Commission or the commissioners court of a county may require a gas utility to relocate the utility's gas facility, at the utility's own expense, to allow the widening or other changing of a traffic lane.
(c) To impose a requirement under this section, the Texas Transportation Commission or the commissioners court, as appropriate, must give to the gas utility 30 days' written notice of the requirement. The notice must identify the gas facility to be relocated and indicate the location on the new right-of-way where the gas utility may place the facility.
(d) The gas utility shall replace the grade and surface of the highway or road at the utility's own expense.
(b) The Texas Transportation Commission or the commissioners court of a county may require a gas utility to relocate the utility's gas facility, at the utility's own expense, to allow the widening or other changing of a traffic lane.
(c) To impose a requirement under this section, the Texas Transportation Commission or the commissioners court, as appropriate, must give to the gas utility 30 days' written notice of the requirement. The notice must identify the gas facility to be relocated and indicate the location on the new right-of-way where the gas utility may place the facility.
(d) The gas utility shall replace the grade and surface of the highway or road at the utility's own expense.
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