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2025 Texas Statutes
Utilities Code
Title 4 - Delivery of Utility Services
Subtitle B - Provisions Regulating Delivery of Services
Chapter 181 - Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Utilities
Subchapter E. Provisions Applying to Telephone and Telegraph Corporations
Section 181.083. Authority to Construct Line on Private Property
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TX Util § 181.083 (2025)
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Sec. 181.083. AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT LINE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. A telephone or telegraph corporation may enter land in which a private person or a corporation owns a fee or lesser estate to:
(1) make a preliminary survey or examination to prepare for the construction of a telephone or telegraph line;
(2) change the location of a part of a telephone or telegraph line as necessary; or
(3) construct or repair a telephone or telegraph line.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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