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 181.087. Use of Another's Telegraph Line

Universal Citation:
TX Util § 181.087 (2025)
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Sec. 181.087. USE OF ANOTHER'S TELEGRAPH LINE. (a) A telegraph corporation may:

(1) lease the telegraph line of another telegraph corporation;

(2) as the result of a lease or purchase, attach to its telegraph line the telegraph line of another telegraph corporation; or

(3) join with any other corporation or association to construct, lease, own, use, or maintain a telegraph line.

(b) An action under Subsection (a)(3) must be taken in accordance with an agreement made by the directors or managers of the telegraph corporations.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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