Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
UTILITIES CODE |
Title 3. GAS REGULATION |
Subtitle A. GAS UTILITY REGULATORY ACT |
Chapter 103. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF MUNICIPALITY |
Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 103.002. FRANCHISES
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(a) This subtitle does not restrict the rights and powers of a municipality to grant or refuse a franchise to use the streets and alleys in the municipality or to make a statutory charge for that use.
(b) A municipality that performs a regulatory function under this subtitle may make each charge that is authorized by:
(1) this subtitle; or
(2) the applicable franchise agreement.
(c) A franchise agreement may not limit or interfere with a power conferred on the railroad commission by this subtitle.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.