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Utilities Code §181.089
In force on Nov 14, 2024 · this text took effect Sep 01, 1997 · same as today's text
MUNICIPAL REGULATION
(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 another method, regulations governing the corporation that specify the:
(1) location of the facilities of the corporation;
(2) kind of posts that must be used by the corporation; or
(3) height at which the wires of the corporation must be placed.
(b) After the construction of the telephone or telegraph line, the appropriate authorities of the municipality, after giving the corporation or its agents an opportunity to be heard, may direct any change in:
(1) the construction or location of the facilities; or
(2) the height at which the corporation must locate the wires.
History: Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Nov 08, 2026.
Every version on file
- Effective Sep 01, 1997 · seen Nov 2026–Nov 2026
Attorney General opinions that cite it
- KP-0499 (Nov 14, 2024): Scope of county authority and liability involving utility cables buried along rights-of way
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