Tex. Utilities Code § 181.084
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 181.084, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 181.084. APPROPRIATION OR CONDEMNATION OF LAND.
Official statutory text
A telephone or telegraph corporation has the right to:
(1) appropriate as much land owned by a private person or a corporation as is necessary to construct a facility; or
(2) condemn land to acquire a right-of-way or other interest in the land for the use of the telephone or telegraph corporation.
(1) appropriate as much land owned by a private person or a corporation as is necessary to construct a facility; or
(2) condemn land to acquire a right-of-way or other interest in the land for the use of the telephone or telegraph corporation.
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