Tex. Utilities Code § 33.004
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 33.004, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 33.004. AREA EXEMPT FROM COMMISSION REGULATION.
Official statutory text
(a) If a municipality does not surrender its jurisdiction, local utility service in the municipality is exempt from regulation by the commission under this subtitle to the extent that this subtitle applies to local service.
(b) The municipality may exercise in the exempt area the same regulatory powers under the same standards and rules as the commission or under other consistent standards and rules.
(b) The municipality may exercise in the exempt area the same regulatory powers under the same standards and rules as the commission or under other consistent standards and rules.
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