Texas § 121.202 MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY AUTHORITY.

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§ 121.202 — MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY AUTHORITY.

Texas § 121.202

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Tex. Utilities Code Code Ann. § 121.202 (2026).

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Sec. 121.202. MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY AUTHORITY.

(a)A municipality or a county may not adopt or enforce an ordinance that establishes a safety standard or practice applicable to a facility that is regulated under this subchapter, another state law, or a federal law.

(b)Except as provided by Subsection (a) and by Section 121.2025 , this subchapter does not reduce, limit, or impair:

(1)a power vested by law in:

(A)a county in relation to a county road; or

(B)a municipality; or

(2)the ability of a municipality to:

(A)adopt an ordinance that establishes conditions for mapping, inventorying, locating, or relocating pipelines over, under, along, or across a public street or alley or private residential area in the boundaries of the municipality; or

(B)establish conditions for mapping or tak

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Sec. 121.202. MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY AUTHORITY. (a) A municipality or a county may not adopt or enforce an ordinance that establishes a safety standard or practice applicable to a facility that is regulated under this subchapter, another state law, or a federal law.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a) and by Section 121.2025 , this subchapter does not reduce, limit, or impair:
(1) a power vested by law in:
(A) a county in relation to a county road; or
(B) a municipality; or
(2) the ability of a municipality to:
(A) adopt an ordinance that establishes conditions for mapping, inventorying, locating, or relocating pipelines over, under, along, or across a public street or alley or private residential area in the boundaries of the municipality; or
(B) establish conditions for mapping or taking an inventory in an area in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.

Legislative History

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 530 (H.B. 951 ), Sec. 5, eff. June 17, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 720 (S.B. 480 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.