Tex. Utilities Code § 181.902
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 181.902, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 181.902. AUTHORITY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY TO PREVENT USE OR WASTE OF UTILITY COMMODITY OR SERVICE.
Official statutory text
(a) The governing body of a general-law municipality may adopt an ordinance that prevents the free or unauthorized use or the waste of a commodity or service furnished by a utility that uses the streets and public grounds of the municipality.
(b) In this section, "utility" has the meaning assigned to the term by Section 181.901.
(b) In this section, "utility" has the meaning assigned to the term by Section 181.901.
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