The utility commission or the commission, after providing to the utility or water supply or sewer service corporation notice and an opportunity to be heard by the commissioners at a utility commission or commission meeting, may authorize a public utility agency to temporarily manage and operate a utility or water supply or sewer service corporation in the manner provided by Section 13.4132, Water Code, if the utility or corporation:

1. (1) has discontinued or abandoned operations or the provision of services;
2. (2) has been or is being referred to the attorney general for the appointment of a receiver under Section 572.103;
3. (3) violates a final order of the utility commission or the commission; or
4. (4) allows any property owned or controlled by it to be used in violation of a final order of the utility commission or the commission.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 90 (S.B. 1169), Sec. 11, eff. May 20, 2025.