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Tex. Util. Code § 181.022 (2026)

Authority To Lay And Maintain Gas Facility

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Sec. 181.022. AUTHORITY TO LAY AND MAINTAIN GAS FACILITY. A gas utility has the right to lay and maintain a gas facility through, under, along, across, or over a public highway, a public road, a public street or alley, or public water.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2009–2015 · leading case: Fort Worth & W. R.R. v. Enbridge Gathering (NE Texas Liquids), L.P., 298 S.W.3d 392 (Tex. App. 2009).
Fort Worth & W. R.R. v. Enbridge Gathering (NE Texas Liquids), L.P., 298 S.W.3d 392 (Tex. App. 2009). “Tex. Util.Code Ann. § 181.022 (Vernon 2007) (emphasis added).”
Persimmon Ridge Partners EO, L.P., Russ Vandenburg, & Martha Vandenburg v. Fannie Mae (Tex. 2015). · cites it 2× “X, § 2, the utilities and pipeline companies pos­ sessed additional statutory authority to lay pipelines under railroads by virtue of Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 181.022 . Fort Worth & Western R.”
Fort Worth & W. R.R. Co. & Cen-Tex Rural Rail Transp. Dist. v. Enbridge Gathering (NE Texas Liquids), L.P. (Tex. App. 2009). “33: Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 181.022 (Vernon 2007) (emphasis added).”
Fort Worth & W. R.R. Co. & Cen-Tex Rural Rail Transp. Dist. v. Enbridge Gathering (NE Texas Liquids), L.P. (Tex. App. 2009). “33 … Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 181.022 (Vernon 2007) (emphasis added).”
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