1. (a) In this chapter:

   1. (1) "Utility" means a person engaged in this state in:

      1. (A) generating, transmitting, or distributing and selling electric power;
      2. (B) transporting, distributing, and selling, through a local distribution system, natural or other gas for domestic, commercial, industrial, or other use;
      3. (C) owning or operating a pipeline to transmit or sell natural or other gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil, or petroleum products to another pipeline company or to a refinery, local distribution system, municipality, or industrial consumer;
      4. (D) providing telephone or telegraph service to others;
      5. (E) producing, transmitting, or distributing and selling steam or water;
      6. (F) operating a railroad; or
      7. (G) providing sewer service to others.

   2. (2) "Utility security instrument" means:

      1. (A) a mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or other instrument executed to secure payment of a bond, note, or other obligation of a utility; or
      2. (B) an instrument that supplements or amends an instrument described by Paragraph (A), including a signed copy of the instrument.
2. (b) The definitions in Chapters 1 and 9 apply to this chapter.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.