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.
Structure Texas Statutes
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 181.082. Authority to Install Facility in Relation to Public Property
Section 181.083. Authority to Construct Line on Private Property
Section 181.084. Appropriation or Condemnation of Land
Section 181.085. Prohibition on Land Contract Excluding Another Telegraph Utility
Section 181.086. Lines in or Outside State
Section 181.087. Use of Another's Telegraph Line