Texas § UT.163.013 - GENERAL RIGHTS, POWERS, AND DUTIES OF ENTITIES

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§ UT.163.013. GENERAL RIGHTS, POWERS, AND DUTIES OF ENTITIES

GENERAL RIGHTS, POWERS, AND DUTIES OF ENTITIES. (a) A participating entity may: (1) use its means and assets to plan, acquire, construct, own, operate, and maintain its interest in an electric facility; (2) issue bonds and other securities to raise money for a purpose described by Subdivision (1) in the same manner and to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as would be applicable if the entity had sole ownership of the electric facility; (3) acquire, for the use and benefit of each participating entity, land, easements, and property for an electric facility by purchase or by exercising the power of eminent domain; and (4) transfer or otherwise convey the acquired land, property, or property interest or otherwise cause the land, property, or interest to become vested in other participating entities to the extent to which and in the manner in which the participating entities agree. (b) Each participating entity is a cotenant or co-owner of the electric facility and in relation to the entity's undivided interest in the facility has each right, privilege, exemption, power, duty, and liability the entity would have had if the entity had sole ownership. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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