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Tex. Water Code § 13.248 (2026)

Contracts Valid And Enforceable

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Sec. 13.248. CONTRACTS VALID AND ENFORCEABLE. Contracts between retail public utilities designating areas to be served and customers to be served by those retail public utilities, when approved by the utility commission after public notice and hearing, are valid and enforceable and are incorporated into the appropriate areas of public convenience and necessity.

Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 3.005, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 567, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 170 (H.B. 1600), Sec. 2.49, eff. September 1, 2013.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 171 (S.B. 567), Sec. 49, eff. September 1, 2013.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2016–2025 · leading case: 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).

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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). · cites it 3× “59 Tex. Water Code§ 13.248 .................”

Mountain Peak Special Util. Dist. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas & the City of Midlothian (Tex. App. 2017). “” See Tex. Water Code § 13.248 (contracts between retail public utilities, when approved by Commission, are valid and enforceable and are incorporated into appropriate areas of public convenience and necessity).”

Megatel Homes LLC v. City of Mansfield, Texas (N.D. Tex. 2025). “” (citing TEX. WATER CODE §§ 13.248 & 13.255(a))). As this authority demonstrates, the comprehensive regulatory framework that the State established “as a substitute for competition,” TEX.”

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