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Texas Utilities Code - Section 163.054. Creation Of Agency

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§ 163.054. CREATION OF AGENCY.  (a) Public entities may 
create an agency by concurrent ordinances subject to voter 
approval.
	(b)  A public entity may join in the creation of an agency 
under this subchapter only if on May 8, 1975, and at the time the 
concurrent ordinance is adopted, the entity was engaged in the 
authorized generation of electric energy for sale to the public.  
This subsection does not prohibit a public entity from disposing of 
its electric generating capabilities after creation of the agency.
	(c)  An agency is a:                                                           
		(1)  separate municipal corporation;                                          
		(2)  political subdivision of this state;  and                                
		(3)  political entity and corporate body.                                     
	(d)  An agency may not impose a tax but has all the other 
powers relating to municipally owned utilities and provided by law 
to a municipality that owns a public utility.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.                    

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