Texas Utilities Code Title 3, Chapter 102 - Jurisdiction And Powers Of Railroad Commission And Other Regulatory Authorities

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL POWERS OF RAILROAD COMMISSION

• Texas Section 102.001 - Railroad Commission Jurisdiction
  (a) The railroad commission has exclusive original jurisdiction over the rates and services of a gas utility: (1) that distributes natural gas or synthetic natural...
• Texas Section 102.002 - Limitation On Railroad Commission Jurisdiction
  Except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, this subtitle does not authorize the railroad commission to: (1) regulate or supervise a rate or service of...
• Texas Section 102.003 - Railroad Commission Powers Relating To Reports
  The railroad commission may: (1) require a gas utility to report to the railroad commission information relating to the gas utility and an affiliate inside...
• Texas Section 102.004 - Report Of Substantial Interest
  The railroad commission may require disclosure of the identity and respective interests of each owner of at least one percent of the voting securities of...
• Texas Section 102.005 - Assistance To Municipality
  On request of a municipality, the railroad commission may advise and assist the municipality with respect to a question or proceeding arising under this subtitle....

SUBCHAPTER B RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

• Texas Section 102.006 - Administrative Hearings In Contested Cases
  (a) The railroad commission by rule shall provide for administrative hearings in contested cases to be conducted by one or more members of the railroad...
• Texas Section 102.051 - Report Of Certain Transactions; Railroad Commission Consideration
  (a) Not later than the 60th day after the date the transaction takes effect, a gas utility shall report to the railroad commission: (1) a...
• Texas Section 102.052 - Report Of Purchase Of Voting Stock In Gas Utility
  A gas utility may not purchase voting stock in another gas utility doing business in this state unless the utility reports the purchase to the...

SUBCHAPTER C RECORDS

• Texas Section 102.053 - Report Of Loan To Stockholders
  A gas utility may not loan money, stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness to a person who directly or indirectly owns or holds...
• Texas Section 102.101 - Records Of Gas Utility
  (a) Each gas utility shall keep and provide to the regulatory authority, in the manner and form prescribed by the railroad commission, uniform accounts of...
• Texas Section 102.102 - Maintenance Of Office And Records In This State
  (a) Each gas utility shall maintain an office in this state in a county in which some part of the utility's property is located. The...
• Texas Section 102.103 - Communications With Regulatory Authority
  (a) The regulatory authority shall adopt rules governing communications with the regulatory authority or a member or employee of the regulatory authority by: (1) a...

SUBCHAPTER D REQUIRED REPORTS AND FILINGS

• Texas Section 102.104 - Jurisdiction Over Affiliate
  The railroad commission has jurisdiction over an affiliate that has a transaction with a gas utility under the railroad commission's jurisdiction to the extent of...
• Texas Section 102.151 - Schedule Filings
  (a) A gas utility shall file with each regulatory authority schedules showing all rates that are: (1) subject to the regulatory authority's original or appellate...
• Texas Section 102.152 - Depreciation Account
  The railroad commission shall require each gas utility or municipally owned utility to carry a proper and adequate depreciation account in accordance with: (1) the...
• Texas Section 102.153 - Accounts Of Profits And Losses
  A gas utility or municipally owned utility shall keep separate accounts showing profits or losses from the sale or lease of merchandise, including an appliance,...

SUBCHAPTER E AUDITS AND INSPECTIONS

• Texas Section 102.154 - Report Of Certain Expenses
  A regulatory authority may require a gas utility to annually report the utility's expenditures for: (1) business gifts and entertainment; and (2) advertising or public...
• Texas Section 102.201 - Inquiry Into Management And Affairs
  A regulatory authority may inquire into the management and affairs of each gas utility and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method...
• Texas Section 102.202 - Audit Of Accounts
  A regulatory authority may require the examination and audit of the accounts of a gas or municipally owned utility. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166,...
• Texas Section 102.203 - Inspection
  At a reasonable time for a reasonable purpose, a regulatory authority and, to the extent authorized by the regulatory authority, its counsel, agent, or employee...
• Texas Section 102.204 - Examinations Under Oath
  In connection with an investigation taken under Section 102.203, the regulatory authority may: (1) examine under oath an officer, agent, or employee of a gas...
• Texas Section 102.205 - Entering Premises Of Gas Utility
  (a) A member, agent, or employee of a regulatory authority may enter the premises occupied by a gas utility to conduct an inspection, examination, or...

SUBCHAPTER F GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PROCEEDINGS BEFORE REGULATORY AUTHORITY

• Texas Section 102.206 - Production Of Out-of-state Records
  (a) A regulatory authority may require, by order or subpoena served on a gas utility, the production, at the time and place in this state...
• Texas Section 102.251 - Record Of Proceeding
  The regulatory authority shall keep a record of each proceeding before the authority. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
• Texas Section 102.252 - Right To Be Heard
  Each party to a proceeding before a regulatory authority is entitled to be heard by attorney or in person. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016