Municipal Utilities

Tex. Local Government Code § 212.174, under Chapter 212.

Tex. Local Government Code § 212.174

Sec. 212.174. MUNICIPAL UTILITIES. A municipality may not require a contract as a condition for providing water, sewer, electricity, gas, or other utility service from a municipally owned or municipally operated utility that provides any of those services. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 522, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 678 (H.B. 1929), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021. SUBCHAPTER H. MULTIFAMILY, HOTEL, AND MOTEL PARKLAND DEDICATION: MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 800,000