Texas § 379B.006 UTILITIES FOR AUTHORITIES CREATED IN POPULOUS MUNICIPALITY.

Texas Statutes

§ 379B.006 — UTILITIES FOR AUTHORITIES CREATED IN POPULOUS MUNICIPALITY.

Texas § 379B.006

Code LGLocal Government Code

This text of Texas § 379B.006 (UTILITIES FOR AUTHORITIES CREATED IN POPULOUS MUNICIPALITY.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Tex. Local Government Code Code Ann. § 379B.006 (2026).

Text

Sec. 379B.006. UTILITIES FOR AUTHORITIES CREATED IN POPULOUS MUNICIPALITY.

(a)This section applies only to an authority created by a municipality with a population of 50,000 or more.

(b)An authority may accept an electric, gas, potable water, or sanitary sewage utility conveyed by the United States but may not operate it.

(c)An authority shall convey a utility received under Subsection (b) to the municipality that established the authority. The municipality shall pay the authority fair market value for the utility.

(d)If state or federal law prohibits the operation or ownership of the utility by the municipality, the municipality shall convey the utility to an entity that may operate it. The municipality may charge fair market value for the conveyance.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Sec. 379B.006. UTILITIES FOR AUTHORITIES CREATED IN POPULOUS MUNICIPALITY. (a) This section applies only to an authority created by a municipality with a population of 50,000 or more.
(b) An authority may accept an electric, gas, potable water, or sanitary sewage utility conveyed by the United States but may not operate it.
(c) An authority shall convey a utility received under Subsection (b) to the municipality that established the authority. The municipality shall pay the authority fair market value for the utility.
(d) If state or federal law prohibits the operation or ownership of the utility by the municipality, the municipality shall convey the utility to an entity that may operate it. The municipality may charge fair market value for the conveyance.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1221, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1069, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Renumbered from Local Government Code Sec. 378.006 by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1275, Sec. 2(108), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.