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§ 13.248 — CONTRACTS VALID AND ENFORCEABLE.

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Tex. Water Code Code Ann. § 13.248 (2026).

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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.

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Legislative History

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.

Nearby Sections

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§ 13.001
LEGISLATIVE POLICY AND PURPOSE.
§ 13.002
DEFINITIONS.
§ 13.003
APPLICABILITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND TEXAS REGISTER ACT.
§ 13.004
JURISDICTION OF UTILITY COMMISSION OVER CERTAIN WATER SUPPLY OR SEWER SERVICE CORPORATIONS.
§ 13.011
EMPLOYEES.
§ 13.014
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO REPRESENT COMMISSION OR UTILITY COMMISSION.
§ 13.015
INFORMAL PROCEEDING.
§ 13.016
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS; RIGHT TO HEARING.
§ 13.017
OFFICE OF PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL; POWERS AND DUTIES.
§ 13.041
GENERAL POWERS OF UTILITY COMMISSION AND COMMISSION; RULES; HEARINGS.
§ 13.042
JURISDICTION OF MUNICIPALITY; ORIGINAL AND APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF UTILITY COMMISSION.
§ 13.0421
RATES CHARGED BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES.
§ 13.043
APPELLATE JURISDICTION.
§ 13.0431
APPEALS BY RETAIL PUBLIC UTILITIES.
§ 13.044
RATES CHARGED BY MUNICIPALITY TO CERTAIN SPECIAL DISTRICTS.
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