Tex. Utils. Code Section 54.203
Service in Annexed or Incorporated Area

(a)

If an area is or will be included within a municipality as the result of annexation, incorporation, or another reason, each telecommunications utility that holds or is entitled to hold a certificate under this title to provide service or operate a facility in the area before the inclusion has the right to continue to provide the service or operate the facility and extend service in the utility’s certificated area within the annexed or incorporated area under the rights granted by the certificate and this title.

(b)

Notwithstanding any other law, a certificated telecommunications utility has the right to:

(1)

continue and extend service within the utility’s certificated area; and

(2)

use roads, streets, highways, alleys, and public property to furnish retail utility service.

(c)

The governing body of a municipality may require a certificated telecommunications utility to relocate the utility’s facility at the utility’s expense to permit the widening or straightening of a street by:

(1)

giving the utility 30 days’ notice; and

(2)

specifying the new location for the facility along the right-of-way of the street.

(d)

This section does not limit the power of a city, town, or village to incorporate or of a municipality to extend its boundaries by annexation.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Source: Section 54.203 — Service in Annexed or Incorporated Area, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.­54.­htm#54.­203 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

54.001
Certificate Required 54.002
Exceptions to Certificate Requirement for Service Extension 54.003
Exceptions to Certificate Requirement for Certain Services 54.004
Relinquishment Plan 54.005
Notice of and Hearing on Application 54.006
Request for Preliminary Order 54.007
Flexibility Plan 54.008
Revocation or Amendment of Certificate 54.051
Definition 54.052
Certificate Required for Public Utility 54.053
Application for Certificate 54.054
Grant or Denial of Certificate 54.101
Definition 54.102
Application for Certificate 54.103
Grant or Denial of Certificate 54.104
Time of Service Requirements 54.105
Penalty for Violation of Title 54.151
Definition 54.152
Limitation on Grant of Certificate 54.153
Eligibility for Certificate 54.154
Application for Certificate 54.155
Grant or Denial of Certificate 54.156
Resale of Services 54.157
Optional Extended Area Service or Expanded Local Calling Service 54.158
Interference with Resold Services Prohibited 54.159
Retention of Access Service and Intralata Toll Service 54.201
Certification Prohibited 54.202
Prohibited Municipal Services 54.203
Service in Annexed or Incorporated Area 54.204
Discrimination by Municipality Prohibited 54.205
Municipality’s Right to Control Access 54.206
Recovery of Municipal Fee 54.251
Provision of Service 54.252
Grounds for Reduction of Service by Holder of Certificate of Convenience and Necessity 54.253
Discontinuation of Service by Certain Certificate Holders 54.254
Required Refusal of Service 54.255
Transfer of Certain Certificates 54.256
Application of Contracts 54.257
Interference with Another Telecommunications Utility 54.258
Maps 54.259
Discrimination by Property Owner Prohibited 54.260
Property Owner’s Conditions 54.261
Shared Tenant Services Contract 54.301
Definitions 54.302
Provider of Last Resort 54.303
Successor Telecommunications Utility When No Sufficient Facilities Exist 54.304
Abandonment or Cessation by Facilities-based Provider 54.305
Commission Participation in Bankruptcy Proceedings 54.2025
Lease of Fiber Optic Cable Facilities 54.3015
Applicability of Subchapter
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Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 54.203’s source at texas​.gov