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Texas Utilities Code - Chapter 181 Miscellaneous Powers And Duties Of UtilitiesLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Utilities Code > Texas Utilities Code - Chapter 181 Miscellaneous Powers And Duties Of Utilities In this chapter: (1) "Corporation" includes: (A) a partnership, limited partnership, or master limited partnership; (B) a combination of business entities composed exclusively of corporations ... A gas or electric corporation has the powers and rights of a corporation organized for profit in this state whenever those powers and duties may ... A gas or electric corporation has the right to: (1) borrow money; (2) issue stock, including preferred stock; or (3) mortgage a franchise or other ... A gas or electric corporation has the right and power to enter on, condemn, and appropriate the land, right-of-way, easement, or other property of any ... A gas corporation has the right to lay and maintain lines over and across a public road, a railroad, railroad right-of-way, an interurban railroad, a ... A gas corporation may exercise authority under Section 181.005 in relation to a municipal street or alley with the consent of and subject to the ... A gas or electric corporation has the power to own, hold, or use land, a right-of-way, an easement, a franchise, or a building or other ... (a) A gas or electric corporation has the power to generate, make, manufacture, transport, and sell gas, electric current, and power to an individual, the ... A gas or electric corporation may not discriminate against a person, corporation, firm, association, or location in: (1) charging for gas, electric current, or power; ... In this subchapter: (1) "Gas facility" means a pipe, main, conductor, or other facility or fixture used to carry gas. (2) "Gas utility" means a ... A gas utility has the right to lay and maintain a gas facility through, under, along, across, or over a public highway, a public road, ... A gas utility may exercise authority under Section 181.022 in a municipality with the consent of and subject to the direction of the governing body ... (a) A gas utility proposing under this subchapter to locate a gas facility in the right-of-way of a state highway or a county road not ... (a) The authority of the Texas Transportation Commission under this section is limited to a gas facility on a state highway not in a municipality. ... A gas utility having a gas facility located in an area that becomes incorporated after the facility is in place may continue to exercise in ... In this subchapter: (1) "Electric utility" means: (A) an electric cooperative organized under Chapter 161; (B) a corporation or river authority, if the river authority ... An electric utility has the right to construct, maintain, and operate lines over, under, across, on, or along a state highway, a county road, a ... (a) An electric utility may exercise authority under Section 181.042 in a municipality with the consent of and subject to the direction of the governing ... (a) An electric utility proposing under this subchapter to construct a line along the right-of-way of a state highway or a county road not in ... (a) A municipal electric utility shall construct, operate, and maintain its lines for the transmission and distribution of electric energy along highways and at other ... (a) The authority of the Texas Transportation Commission under this section is limited to a line on a state highway not in a municipality. The ... (a) An electric utility that owns a line on a state highway or county road in a city or town that, at the time of ... In this subchapter, "telegraph company" includes a person, firm, corporation, or association engaged in the business of accepting and transmitting messages to and from different ... A telegraph company engaged in business at the same location or in the same municipality as another telegraph company shall provide: (1) means through which ... (a) A telegraph company is not required to transfer a message to another line if: (1) the message originated on the company's line; and (2) ... (a) The governing body of a municipality or, for an unincorporated area, the commissioners court of the county, shall on its own motion or on ... (a) A telegraph company shall comply with an order of a municipality's governing body or a commissioners court requiring the company to arrange for transfer ... (a) A telegraph company ordered to transfer messages under this subchapter has the right to appeal to the court having jurisdiction over the matter. (b) ... In this subchapter: (1) "Facility" means a pole, pier, abutment, wire, or other fixture related to a telephone or magnetic telegraph line. (2) "Telegraph corporation" ... A telephone or telegraph corporation may install a facility of the corporation along, on, or across a public road, a public street, or public water ... A telephone or telegraph corporation may enter land in which a private person or a corporation owns a fee or lesser estate to: (1) make ... A telephone or telegraph corporation has the right to: (1) appropriate as much land owned by a private person or a corporation as is necessary ... A telegraph corporation may not contract with an owner of land for the right to construct and maintain a telegraph line over the land to ... A telegraph corporation may construct, own, use, or maintain a telegraph line in or outside this state. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, ... (a) A telegraph corporation may: (1) lease the telegraph line of another telegraph corporation; (2) as the result of a lease or purchase, attach to ... (a) A telephone or telegraph corporation organized under the law of this state may consolidate or otherwise unite with one or more other companies organized ... (a) The appropriate authorities of a municipality through which a line of a telephone or telegraph corporation is to pass may adopt, by ordinance or ... In this subchapter: (1) "Equipment" means a line, wire, cable, pipe, conduit, conductor, pole, or other facility for the transmission of community antenna or cable ... (a) In an unincorporated area, a person in the business of providing community antenna or cable television service to the public may install and maintain ... (a) A person proposing to install equipment under Section 181.102 in the right-of-way of a state highway or a county road shall give notice of ... (a) The authority of the Texas Department of Transportation under this section is limited to equipment installed in connection with a state highway. The authority ... (a) The governing body of a general-law municipality may adopt an ordinance that applies to a utility using the streets and public grounds of the ... (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 ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |