Texas Statutes
§ 40.051 — GOVERNING BODY DECISION.
Texas § 40.051
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Tex. Utilities Code Code Ann. § 40.051 (2026).
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Sec. 40.051. GOVERNING BODY DECISION.
(a)The municipal governing body or a body vested with the power to manage and operate a municipally owned utility has the discretion to decide when or if the municipally owned utility will provide customer choice.
(b)Municipally owned utilities may choose to participate in customer choice at any time on or after January 1, 2002, by adoption of an appropriate resolution of the municipal governing body or a body vested with power to manage and operate the municipally owned utility. The decision to participate in customer choice by the adoption of a resolution is irrevocable.
(c)After a decision to offer customer choice has been made, Subchapters D and E, Chapter 33 , do not apply to any action taken under this chapter.
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Nearby Sections
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§ 40.001
APPLICABLE LAW.§ 40.002
DEFINITION.§ 40.003
SECURITIZATION.§ 40.004
JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION.§ 40.051
GOVERNING BODY DECISION.§ 40.054
SERVICE OUTSIDE AREA.§ 40.056
ANTICOMPETITIVE ACTIONS.§ 40.057
BILLING.§ 40.058
TARIFFS FOR OPEN ACCESS.§ 40.060
NO POWER TO AMEND CERTIFICATES.§ 40.101
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