Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
UTILITIES CODE |
Title 4. DELIVERY OF UTILITY SERVICES |
Subtitle B. PROVISIONS REGULATING DELIVERY OF SERVICES |
Chapter 181. MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES OF UTILITIES |
Subchapter E. PROVISIONS APPLYING TO TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATIONS |
Sec. 181.084. APPROPRIATION OR CONDEMNATION OF LAND
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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 to construct a facility; or
(2) condemn land to acquire a right-of-way or other interest in the land for the use of the telephone or telegraph corporation.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.