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Tex. Util. Code § 12.051 (2026)

Appointment; Term

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Sec. 12.051. APPOINTMENT; TERM. (a) The commission is composed of five commissioners appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.

(b) An appointment to the commission shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1052 (S.B. 2154), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2021.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2001–2016 · leading case: In Re TXU Elec. Co., 67 S.W.3d 130 (Tex. 2001).

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In Re TXU Elec. Co., 67 S.W.3d 130 (Tex. 2001). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Util. Code § 12.051. As a legislatively created *139 entity, the PUC can only exercise the power that the law, in clear and express statutory language, confers upon it.”

Chisholm Trail SUD Stakeholders Grp. v. Chisholm Trail Special Util. Dist. & Dist. Directors Delton Robinson, Ed Pastor, Mike Sweeney, James Pletcher, Robert Kostka, David Maserang, Gary Goodman, & Robert Johnson, Jr. The Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas (Tex. App. 2016). “, and Brandy Marty Marquez ("Commissioners") are the individuals appointed to serve as the three commissioners of the PUC, as prescribed by Tex. Util. Code § 12.051, and are being sued in their official capacities.”

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