Tex. Codes » Utilities Code · TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL UTILITIES · CHAPTER 14. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF COMMISSION AND OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
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Tex. Util. Code § 14.008 (2026)

Municipal Franchises

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Sec. 14.008. MUNICIPAL FRANCHISES. (a) This title 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 franchise agreement may not limit or interfere with a power conferred on the commission by this title.

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

SUBCHAPTER B. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1998–2018 · leading case: City of Richardson v. Oncor Elec. Delivery Co., 539 S.W.3d 252 (Tex. 2018).
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City of Richardson v. Oncor Elec. Delivery Co., 539 S.W.3d 252 (Tex. 2018). · cites it 2× “TEX. UTIL. CODE §§ 14.008, 33.001; TEX. TRANSP.”
Oncor Elec. Delivery Co. LLC v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas, 507 S.W.3d 706 (Tex. 2017). “008(a) of the Texas Utilities Code states: Following the end of the freeze period for a municipality that has been served by an electric utility, and following the date a municipally owned utility or an electric cooperative has implemented customer choice for a municipality that…”
At & T Commc'ns of the Sw., Inc. v. City of Dallas, 52 F. Supp. 2d 756 (N.D. Tex. 1998). “205, which specifically addresses telecommunications providers: "This title does not restrict a municipality's historical right to control and receive reasonable compensation for access to the municipality's public streets, alleys, or rights-of-way or to other public property.”
Oncor Elec. Delivery Co. LLC v. City of Richardson, Texas (Tex. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “TEX. UTIL. CODE §§ 14.008, 33.001; TEX. TRANSP.”
Tex. Util. Code § 14.008(a): 1 case
Oncor Elec. Delivery Co. LLC v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas, 507 S.W.3d 706 (Tex. 2017). “008(a) of the Texas Utilities Code states: Following the end of the freeze period for a municipality that has been served by an electric utility, and following the date a municipally owned utility or an electric cooperative has implemented customer choice for a municipality that…”
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