Texas Utilities Code - Section 54.203. Service In Annexed Or Incorporated Area
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§ 54.203. SERVICE IN ANNEXED OR INCORPORATED AREA. (a)
If an area is or will be included within a municipality as the
result of annexation, incorporation, or another reason, each
telecommunications utility that holds or is entitled to hold a
certificate under this title to provide service or operate a
facility in the area before the inclusion has the right to continue
to provide the service or operate the facility and extend service in
the utility's certificated area within the annexed or incorporated
area under the rights granted by the certificate and this title.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a certificated
telecommunications utility has the right to:
(1) continue and extend service within the utility's
certificated area; and
(2) use roads, streets, highways, alleys, and public
property to furnish retail utility service.
(c) The governing body of a municipality may require a
certificated telecommunications utility to relocate the utility's
facility at the utility's expense to permit the widening or
straightening of a street by:
(1) giving the utility 30 days' notice; and
(2) specifying the new location for the facility along
the right-of-way of the street.
(d) This section does not limit the power of a city, town, or
village to incorporate or of a municipality to extend its
boundaries by annexation.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Section: 54.156 54.157 54.158 54.159 54.201 54.202 54.2025 54.203 54.204 54.205 54.206 54.251 54.252 54.253 54.254
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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