Texas § WA.49.233 - ELECTRIC GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, AND DISTRIBUTION FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS
Full text of Texas The Texas Constitution § WA.49.233 — ELECTRIC GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, AND DISTRIBUTION FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ WA.49.233. ELECTRIC GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, AND DISTRIBUTION FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS
ELECTRIC GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, AND DISTRIBUTION FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS. (a) A district that owns or operates raw water pipelines that convey surface water, groundwater, or both surface water and groundwater, through more than 10 counties for municipal and industrial purposes may: (1) develop, generate, transmit, or distribute water power and electric energy inside the district's boundaries for its own use; (2) purchase electric energy from any available source for use at a facility the district owns, operates, and maintains inside the district's boundaries; (3) enter into an agreement to acquire, install, construct, finance, operate, make an addition to, own, or operate an electric energy generating, transmission, or distribution facility jointly with another person; or (4) sell or otherwise dispose of any of the district's interest in a jointly owned facility described by Subdivision (3). (b) A district governed by this section: (1) is subject to the transmission line certification provisions of Chapter 37 , Utilities Code; (2) may not generate electricity by means of hydroelectric generation. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 58, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
Source: official Texas text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section WA.49.233 ("ELECTRIC GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, AND DISTRIBUTION FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS") 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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