Tex. Utilities Code § 181.043
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 181.043, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 181.043. CONSENT REQUIRED IN MUNICIPALITY.
Official statutory text
(a) An electric utility may exercise authority under Section 181.042 in a municipality with the consent of and subject to the direction of the governing body of the municipality.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a municipal electric utility exercising authority under Section 181.042 in its municipal territory.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a municipal electric utility exercising authority under Section 181.042 in its municipal territory.
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