Tex. Utils. Code Section 33.101
Appeal by Ratepayers Outside Municipality

(a)

The ratepayers of a municipally owned utility who are outside the municipality may appeal to the commission an action of the governing body of the municipality affecting the municipally owned utility’s rates by filing with the commission a petition for review signed by a number of ratepayers served by the utility outside the municipality equal to at least the lesser of 10,000 or five percent of those ratepayers.

(b)

A petition for review is properly signed if signed by a person or the spouse of a person in whose name residential utility service is carried.

(c)

For purposes of this section, each person who receives a separate bill is a ratepayer. A person who receives more than one bill may not be counted as more than one ratepayer.

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

Source: Section 33.101 — Appeal by Ratepayers Outside Municipality, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.33.htm#33.101 (accessed May 26, 2025).

33.001
Municipal Jurisdiction 33.002
Surrender of Municipal Jurisdiction to Commission 33.003
Reinstatement of Municipal Jurisdiction 33.004
Area Exempt from Commission Regulation 33.005
Exempt Area Reporting 33.006
Commission Powers in Nonexempt Areas 33.007
Allowable Charges 33.008
Franchise Charges 33.021
Rate Determination 33.022
Consideration of Revenues and Return from Nonexempt Area 33.023
Ratemaking Proceedings 33.024
Statement of Intent 33.025
Municipal Standing 33.026
Judicial Review 33.051
Appeal by Party 33.052
Appeal by Residents 33.053
Filing of Appeal 33.054
Hearing and Order 33.055
Applicability of Rates 33.101
Appeal by Ratepayers Outside Municipality 33.102
Identification of Ratepayers Outside Municipality 33.103
Filing of Appeal 33.104
Rate Application 33.121
Application of Commission Review 33.122
Review of Certain Rate Decisions 33.123
Review of Certain Decisions for Rates Charged Outside Municipality 33.0211
Rates and Fees Charged by Certain Municipally Owned Utilities

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May 26, 2025

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Location: https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._utils._code_section_33.101

Original Source: Section 33.101 — Appeal by Ratepayers Outside Municipality, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.33.htm#33.101 (last accessed May 10, 2025).