Tex. Utilities Code § 55.023
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 55.023, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 55.023. OPTIONAL EXTENDED AREA SERVICE.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission may order optional extended area service in a specified calling area if:
(1) each affected company and the representatives of at least one political subdivision in the proposed calling area agree to the service; and
(2) the proposed common calling area has a single, continuous boundary.
(b) The commission may not adopt rules that diminish in any manner the ability of an affected company or a political subdivision to enter into joint agreements for optional extended area service under this section.
(c) In this section, "political subdivision" means:
(1) a county;
(2) a municipality; or
(3) an unincorporated town or village that has 275 or more access lines.
(1) each affected company and the representatives of at least one political subdivision in the proposed calling area agree to the service; and
(2) the proposed common calling area has a single, continuous boundary.
(b) The commission may not adopt rules that diminish in any manner the ability of an affected company or a political subdivision to enter into joint agreements for optional extended area service under this section.
(c) In this section, "political subdivision" means:
(1) a county;
(2) a municipality; or
(3) an unincorporated town or village that has 275 or more access lines.
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