Texas § UT.121.202 - MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY AUTHORITY
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§ UT.121.202. MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY AUTHORITY
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. 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.
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Section UT.121.202 ("MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY AUTHORITY") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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